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MembersAcquisition of AI Surveillance Firm Signals Major Expansion of Real-Time City-Wide Monitoring
A greater access to resources means a faster rollout of controversial surveillance technology in major cities.
Weibo deletes stock-tip accounts after Beijing crackdown
Accounts that had millions of followers disappeared overnight.
TikTok to automatically turn on user profiling to determine personalized ads
It’ll be opt-out, not opt-in.
Hong Kong citizens are being arrested for saying nothing
The blank piece of paper has become a symbol of pushback against authoritarian China.
Chinese Communist Party critic Xu Zhangrun arrested
Zhangrun has been punished several times already for dissent.
How Hong Kong citizens get around speech restrictions in wake of new “security” law
Hongkongers are finding ways to subvert the restrictions.
Australian government expresses concern for online journalist and blogger detained in China
Australian ministers fear for his health.
The word “Leica” is now censored in Chinese social app Weibo after Tiananmen Square video
China doesn’t like that a Leica advert featured the Tiananmen Square protests.