China
Bible app ArtBible receives Apple Chinese censorship notice
Apple complies with China’s censorship to be able to stay in the market.
Family request parole for jailed Wuhan whistleblower journalist
Zhang Zhan was on hunger strike and her health has deteriorated.
New report shows the “staggering” extent of Apple’s App Store censorship
A lot of it is to please governments.
China says building a “civilized internet” is crucial to building a “modern socialist country”
More commitment to censorship.
China issues censorship orders to media and social platforms after NBA star Enes Kanter posted Free Tibet video
TV broadcasts cut to black. Social platforms used algorithms to censor content.
Microsoft to end LinkedIn service in China after censorship accusations, censors the Chinese language version of the announcement
Microsoft says it supports “free expression.”
Apple removes popular Bible and Quran apps from the Chinese App Store
The latest of many instances of censorship in China.
Muslim women in China were jailed under “pre-crime” law for accessing Gmail and WhatsApp
A new book, “In The Camps: China’s High-Tech Penal Colony,” tells a tale of China’s oppressive internet security rules, and describes incidents of detention and “reeducation.” Google and Facebook are banned in the mainland, so using their services like Gmail and WhatsApp is only possible via VP
China’s ramped-up censorship of video games has put a halt to game approvals
No games have been approved for two months.
Microsoft’s LinkedIn censors US journalists in China
Increasingly common.