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WeChat has been censoring coronavirus conversations before China had even acknowledged the issue publicly
Research shows the censorship is more profound than first thought.
WeChat users in China, who were banned for talking about coronavirus, beg for their accounts back
Chinese citizens find it hard to avoid WeChat as an account is used for so many services in China.
WeChat is censoring US citizens outside of China when they talk about Hong Kong
China is increasingly censoring users outside of mainland China.
Riot Games fixes censorship of term Uyghur after backlash from players, says it wasn’t intentional
“Sometimes our system bans really weird words for no good reason.”
Apple Safari browser sends some user IP addresses to Chinese conglomerate Tencent by default
It’s unclear when Apple started allowing Tencent and Google to log some user IP addresses.
Epic Games says it wont censor for China, but Chinese Tencent owns 40% of the company
Unlike Blizzard, Epic is pledging not to introduce censorship on political grounds.
Reddit is about to further censor its communities to attract advertisers
Only time will tell to how far this policy will go and how much it will hurt communities to increase profit.
India considers new legislation to force big tech companies to sell their data
This new guideline will also ensure the fact that there will be greater scope for competition as all players, either big or small will have access to the customer data.
China tech giant Tencent sues blogger who criticized the company on WeChat
Tencent own stakes US companies Reddit and Snapchat.
US game developers are helping build China’s social credit system by tracking gameplay hours
The system tracks how long people play video games for and then sends that data to the Chinese Government so they can check levels of “gaming addiction.”
The surveillance state of China says it wants apps to get consent before tracking users
Even China is calling for privacy measures for tech companies.
The Reddit Investment By Tencent, the Chinese Tech Company With Ties to the Chinese Communist Government, is Making People Talk About Censorship
Reddit users are right to be concerned about giving up such a high steak of Reddit to a Chinese government-tied company.