Will Henney
Will couldn't stop talking about the creeping influence of China on the West and so he decided to write about it. Will is a contributor who likes to write about censorship, surveillance, and media as it relates to China. [email protected]
Police in China enable “alarms” in CCTV to track protesters
New privacy concerns.
Hong Kong teenager sentenced to “training center” for “insulting” China on social media
For a minimum of six months.
Google says it won’t scrub Hong Kong’s national anthem from search results after China’s request
Google finally responded.
China pressures Google to alter its search results for the Hong Kong national anthem
Google is yet to respond.
China tells tech giants to hire more censors – to combat rising dissent
Ramping up its already-heavy censorship.
Citizens in China delete chat history after people are contacted by police over protest support
Citizens are paranoid they’re being watched. And they’re probably right to be.
Police in China stop citizens at random, forcing them to delete protest photos, Western apps
New tactics to suppress dissent.
Apple turned off a private communication tool in China just before major protests broke out
Protesters were using Apple’s AirDrop feature to directly share uncensored messages. Apple turned it off.
China cracks down on internet discourse as biggest protests since Tiananmen Square break out
Protesters are calling for an end to lockdown and the resignation of Xi Jinping.
WeChat censors dissent after Covid restriction protests break out at iPhone factory
Viral posts are disappearing.
Banned WeChat users are forced to write handwritten note to get their accounts back
People banned from WeChat are blocked from participating in major parts of Chinese life.
China wipes out most Uyghur-language websites
Mass censorship campaign.