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LinkedIn accused of censoring for Beijing
LinkedIn is one of the few Western social networks allowed in China.
Thai woman sentenced to 43 years in prison for Facebook and YouTube posts critical of the monarchy
Human rights campaigners want an end to the strict law.
Huawei’s patent mentions use of Uighur-detecting surveillance
Proposed technology can detect people’s ethnicity from a distance, and raises several human rights concerns.
Vietnam jails journalists for posts critical of the state
The Vietnamese government is increasingly silencing critics.
Justin Amash votes against resolution to condemn online QAnon supporters, says it’s “protected speech”
Amash was one of the few that put up a fight.
Internet shutdowns in Myanmar mean many have never heard of COVID-19
There’s been an internet blackout for over a year.
Germany’s hate speech law gets stricter, raises privacy concerns
Germany has announced new stricter reforms to its already-controversial bill.
Around the world, coronavirus “fake news” arrests are mounting
The pandemic is fueling censorship in many countries.
Coronavirus: as journalists in China disappear, citizens turn to Twitter to find the truth
Chinese citizens feel the state news is hiding the truth about the Wuhan virus.
China tells citizens to only share coronavirus news from state-run media, or face up to seven years in jail
The government doesn’t want to be criticized for the way it has handled the pandemic.
TikTok accused of censoring content about Hong Kong protests
Yaqiu Wang, a Hong Kong-based researcher for Human Rights Watch, said the Hong Kong protests marked one of the first big tests of how Chinese companies could project the government’s dogmas to a global audience.
China: mobile app sucks up data from citizens in the Xinjiang region – apps, religious beliefs, VPN access and more
Everyone’s behavior is under a microscope.