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China proposes a global cyberspace community, while Chinese citizens are still heavily censored
Ironically, China calls for collaboration with the West.
Chinese streaming platforms now have to register with government regulators, add rule-breakers to a blacklist
Users of streaming platforms also have to verify their real names and platforms are required to limit user donations.
Apple lobbies against new bill that would stop businesses using forced labor in China
The bill passed through the House and is now in the Senate.
Citizen journalist who documented suspicious goings-on in Wuhan is charged
Zhang could spend 4-5 years in jail.
MembersChina’s increase in “digital authoritarianism” after COVID shows what could be coming to the West
? The West’s decrease in civil liberties isn’t yet anywhere near the loss in China but the gap is closing.
Over 370 Christians in China arrested after online surveillance
Many Christians in China face constant monitoring.
WHO complains of “cyberattack” backlash after censoring talk of Taiwan
WHO has backtracked on its censorship.
Chinese Christian groups drop the name “Jesus” to avoid Chinese censorship
Christians are increasingly persecuted and censored in China.
The Chinese Communist Party calls for web browsers to start censoring
Censorship will soon be at the browser level.
Human rights group shows how pandemic has caused a severe drop in internet freedoms
Freedom House, a US government-funded non-profit, recently published a report titled “The Pandemic’s Digital Shadow,” detailing how the COVID-19 pandemic is increasing surveillance and “fueling digital repression worldwide.” The report says that several nations across the world have been using
French museum censors after China’s demands
And it involves the Mongol population – who China keeps under 24-hour surveillance.