China
UK Biobank Failures Expose the Permanent Cost of Sharing Genetic and Medical Records
The promise of secure custodianship has failed 198 times in eleven months, and the volunteers who signed up in 2006 cannot take their DNA back.
Apple Removes Bitchat from China App Store at Cyberspace Administration Order
The app that needs no internet, no servers, and no user accounts turned out to be exactly the kind of thing Beijing can’t let exist.
Shlomo Kramer Urges Limits on First Amendment to Protect Democracy
Kramer’s call to limit free speech recast the fight against “misinformation” as a struggle over who gets to define truth in a digital democracy.
Apple Removes Gay Dating Apps in China Following Government Order
The removals highlight the growing influence of government regulation over China’s digital and social platforms.
MembersVPNs Keep the Lights On in a Darkening Web
VPNs have become the last untrimmed edges of an internet now landscaped for control, the hidden paths through a garden that was once a wilderness.
Mullvad Introduces QUIC-Based WireGuard Obfuscation to Bypass Censorship and VPN Blocks
Mullvad wraps WireGuard in QUIC to make VPN traffic blend in with normal internet traffic.
US Withdraws from Biden-Era Global “Disinformation” Agreements
The shutdown marks a rare admission that fighting “disinformation” too often meant silencing inconvenient truths.
MembersSilicon With a Side of Surveillance
A tracker for high-end processors could trickle down to the blender on your counter.
New DeepSeek AI Model Faces Criticism for Heightened Censorship on Chinese Politics
Even as DeepSeek flaunts technical gains, its latest model mirrors a regime more concerned with obedience than openness.
Apple-Alibaba AI Deal in China Triggers US National Security Concerns Over Data Sharing and Military Ties
Apple’s AI ambitions in China run straight into Washington’s red line on tech entanglement.
China’s Palm Payment Push Is Here
In China, your hand is now your wallet, and maybe soon, your ID, and subway ticket too.
China Censors Online Discussion Amid Escalating US Tariffs and Economic Fallout
State-run mockery floods the feed while economic anxiety gets wiped clean.