Beijing
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.
China Censors Platform That Contradicted Government’s Recommend Covid Measures
Social media accounts shut down.
Amazon Stopped Users From Leaving Negative Reviews of Xi Jinping Books
Censoring for China.
Documents Show Huawei’s Link to China’s Spying in Xinjiang
Not surprising.
Chinese Government Orders App Stores to Remove Popular App Douban
The app was being used to criticize the government.
Weibo Deletes Stock-Tip Accounts After Beijing Crackdown
Accounts that had millions of followers disappeared overnight.
China to Dictate How Streamers Dress and Speak
China is making big strides in regulating independent streamers, not just dictating what they’re allowed to say – but also how they say it.
TikTok to Automatically Turn on User Profiling to Determine Personalized Ads
It’ll be opt-out, not opt-in.
Pro-Hong Kong Activist and Media Entrepreneur Jimmy Lai Arrested
The new “National Security Law” claims a high-profile victim.
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.