China
China censors WHO’s criticism of zero-Covid policy
Hidden from social platforms like Weibo.
China censors viral video complaining about lockdown conditions
Quickly deleted.
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.
China threatens livestreamers with new regulations
The government wants to slow the rate at which people want to become livestreamers.
MembersCentral Bank Digital Currencies Make Authoritarianism, Censorship, and Surveillance Easy
As nations race to digitize their currencies, the dream of financial freedom risks collapsing into a system where every transaction becomes a line in the state’s ledger.
China makes a new big push to digitize everything
Complete centralized control.
China steps up censorship of Douban by installing government employees on-site
Users were criticizing the government on the app.