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Riot Games to start recording conversations in order to police “harassment”
It’s not just social platforms that are looking to police conversations; game developers are looking to get in on it too.
China uses WeChat to censor American citizens
The practice has been going on for years.
New report finds more evidence of TikTok censorship
As TikTok’s future hangs in the balance, researchers haven’t stopped looking into how it censors content China doesn’t approve of.
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.
Productivity app Notion blocked in China
You know you’ve made it when you’re blocked in China.
Canada’s Pension Plan revealed to be major shareholder in Chinese company Tencent, disclosures show
Tencent has long been accused of censorship and surveillance on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party, leading to “innocent people’s arrest and torture.”
China’s Animal Crossing Players use code words and middlemen to circumvent CCP censorship
The CCP banned Animal Crossing New Horizons in China after some players used in-game features to criticize the Chinese government.
US schools take online Chinese classes from firm that has fired teachers for content critical of CCP
China continues to use US businesses and institutions to spread pro-China messaging.
Apple is notoriously strict with App Store rules, but gives China’s WeChat a free pass
Owned by state-backed Tencent and increasingly privacy invasive and censorship-driven, why does WeChat why does Apple let
Animal Crossing New Horizons banned in China, likely for “offensive content”
The game allows too much creative freedom for the ruling Communist Chinese Party.