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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.
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.
Some Blizzard Staff Can’t Wait for BlizzCon to Be Over
Like many big names in the gaming industry, Blizzard has not had a great relationship with gamers in the past. In 2010, the company tried to introduce Real ID, requiring forum users to use their real names, but had to back down after a strongly negative reaction and fears of privacy abuses. Thi
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.