China
The banning of TikTok and the furthering of the splinternet
TikTok is accused of being Chinese spyware. What would banning it do to the internet?
Taking a look at China’s digital currency
? The currency ditches two of the three tenets of cryptocurrency.
China has been spying on Xinjiang citizens for longer than had been anticipated, research shows
The “digital gulags” of Uighur citizens has been long-documented.
Hong Kong braces in the face of China’s new so-called “security” law
Censorship incoming.
Teacher Mei Duo bypassed censorship and posted to Facebook from Tibet in 2016. She hasn’t been seen since.
The Chinese Communist Party at work.
Gab CEO Andrew Torba says Visa has blacklisted his family
Torba has compared Visa’s actions to China’s social credit score.
Apple to remove an estimated 20K games from Chinese App Store in July
China wants to crack down on games that don’t have a government license.
Telegram founder calls for resistance against China and Iran’s censorship
After Russia caved, Durov now wants help to push back against the app’s suppression in China and Iran.
China blocks access to website of India’s PM Modi and stories critical of China
Amid rising tensions with India, China’s great firewall has been updated.
China creates new online censorship law to target literature
Subjects that the Chinese Communist Party disapprove of will get censored.
Chinese propaganda mocks the US over police brutality, but in China criticism of police is censored in real-time
China’s social media censorship prevents citizens voicing concerns about police misconduct.
Chinese activists detained for archiving censored coronavirus articles to be tried as criminals
Chen Mei and Cai Wei have been detained for weeks for archiving articles the Chinese Communist Party didn’t want people to see.