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]
Chinese social media figure Wang Sicong is banned from Weibo for questioning Covid policy
Wang had 40 million followers.
China’s TikTok now reveals users’ locations when they post
Removing privacy.
Chinese authorities tell citizens to stop posting lockdown complaints on social media
They’ll be censored anyway.
Chinese social media censors lockdown complaints
Mass censorship.
China threatens livestreamers with new regulations
The government wants to slow the rate at which people want to become livestreamers.
China steps up censorship of Douban by installing government employees on-site
Users were criticizing the government on the app.
Hong Kong tells British activist group to shut down their website
Another attempt to suppress criticism.
Visa and Mastercard’s Russia boycott drives the country to further embrace Chinese payment systems
Russia and China are growing their tech alliances.