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Apple to Soon Disclose More Details About App Removals From the App Store: Report
Following allegations that Apple's covert decision-making process jeopardises free expression in countries such as China and Russia, the firm has reportedly promised to enhance disclosures about why it removes certain apps from its App Store. According to reports, activist investors obtained the pledge from Apple earlier this month.
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WPS Office Accused of Freezing Document Over Million Words; Violated China Cyberspace Rules, Developer Says
WPS Office developer Kingsoft responded to censorship criticism on Monday after a writer’s document containing over a million words was frozen, over “sensitive content”. The word processing program that's part of China's most downloaded domestically produced suite of office applications, stated that it had restricted third-party access to an ...
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Lithuania Looks to Ban 'Untrustworthy' Phones After Chinese Censorship Concerns
Lithuania's Defence Ministry is drafting legislation to ban state institutions from purchasing "untrustworthy" equipment, after finding a censoring feature in a Chinese smartphone company's flagship phone, Margiris Abukevicius, deputy minister at the Defence Ministry said.
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Chinese Phones Should Be Thrown Away Due to Censorship Concerns, Lithuania Defence Ministry Says
Lithuania's Defence Ministry recommended that consumers avoid buying Chinese mobile phones and advised people to throw away the ones they have now after a government report found the devices had inbuilt censorship capabilities.
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Alibaba, Jack Ma Summoned by Indian Court on Former Employee's Complaint
An Indian court has summoned Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma in a case in which a former employee in India says he was wrongfully fired after objecting to what he saw as censorship and fake news on company apps, documents seen by Reuters showed.
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Bing Outage In China Was Technical Error, Not Censors' Block: Report
Search engine Bing's outage in China last week was a technical error, rather than an intentional censorship block, a source familiar with the matter said, although Chinese authorities and Microsoft have not commented on the topic.
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Google Has 'No Plans' to Launch Chinese Search Engine, Says CEO Sundar Pichai
"Right now, there are no plans to launch search in China," Pichai told the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping Says Internet Must Be "Clean And Righteous"
The internet must be "clean and righteous" and vulgar content must be resisted in the field of culture, Chinese President Xi Jinping told a meeting of senior propaganda officials, state media said on Wednesday.
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Apple's China Problem Highlights Conundrum for Tech Sector
"There is a belief that millennials really want companies to be more active in protecting people's rights and free speech."
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Amazon China Partner Tells Users to Stop Using Illegal VPNs
The instruction comes after Apple removed VPN services from its Chinese app store over the weekend.
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China Orders Top Tech Companies to Increase Self-Censorship
Chinese authorities have recently cracked down on platforms that allow users to share media from outlets that are not sanctioned under state-issued licenses.
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Has China Now Raised the Great Firewall Too High?
A VPN ban would both upset that balance and endanger several prized government initiatives designed to foster a more innovative Chinese economy.
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Weibo to Block Unapproved Video Content Following Government Rebuke
Last week, China's media watchdog threatened to close Weibo's video service along with two other popular services, ACFUN and iFeng.
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Netflix CEO Says Firm Continues to Look Into Entering China
The streaming service remains absent in the world's most populous country, where content providers face stringent regulations and censorship challenges.
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China Looks to Ramp Up Internet Growth, and Its Controls
Chinese officials including Internet czar Lu Wei have played down concerns over what critics have described as China's expanding Web censorship.
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Apple to Soon Disclose More Details About App Removals From the App Store: Report
Following allegations that Apple's covert decision-making process jeopardises free expression in countries such as China and Russia, the firm has reportedly promised to enhance disclosures about why it removes certain apps from its App Store. According to reports, activist investors obtained the pledge from Apple earlier this month.
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WPS Office Accused of Freezing Document Over Million Words; Violated China Cyberspace Rules, Developer Says
WPS Office developer Kingsoft responded to censorship criticism on Monday after a writer’s document containing over a million words was frozen, over “sensitive content”. The word processing program that's part of China's most downloaded domestically produced suite of office applications, stated that it had restricted third-party access to an ...
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Lithuania Looks to Ban 'Untrustworthy' Phones After Chinese Censorship Concerns
Lithuania's Defence Ministry is drafting legislation to ban state institutions from purchasing "untrustworthy" equipment, after finding a censoring feature in a Chinese smartphone company's flagship phone, Margiris Abukevicius, deputy minister at the Defence Ministry said.
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Chinese Phones Should Be Thrown Away Due to Censorship Concerns, Lithuania Defence Ministry Says
Lithuania's Defence Ministry recommended that consumers avoid buying Chinese mobile phones and advised people to throw away the ones they have now after a government report found the devices had inbuilt censorship capabilities.
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Alibaba, Jack Ma Summoned by Indian Court on Former Employee's Complaint
An Indian court has summoned Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma in a case in which a former employee in India says he was wrongfully fired after objecting to what he saw as censorship and fake news on company apps, documents seen by Reuters showed.
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Bing Outage In China Was Technical Error, Not Censors' Block: Report
Search engine Bing's outage in China last week was a technical error, rather than an intentional censorship block, a source familiar with the matter said, although Chinese authorities and Microsoft have not commented on the topic.
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Google Has 'No Plans' to Launch Chinese Search Engine, Says CEO Sundar Pichai
"Right now, there are no plans to launch search in China," Pichai told the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping Says Internet Must Be "Clean And Righteous"
The internet must be "clean and righteous" and vulgar content must be resisted in the field of culture, Chinese President Xi Jinping told a meeting of senior propaganda officials, state media said on Wednesday.
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Apple's China Problem Highlights Conundrum for Tech Sector
"There is a belief that millennials really want companies to be more active in protecting people's rights and free speech."
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Amazon China Partner Tells Users to Stop Using Illegal VPNs
The instruction comes after Apple removed VPN services from its Chinese app store over the weekend.
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China Orders Top Tech Companies to Increase Self-Censorship
Chinese authorities have recently cracked down on platforms that allow users to share media from outlets that are not sanctioned under state-issued licenses.
-
Has China Now Raised the Great Firewall Too High?
A VPN ban would both upset that balance and endanger several prized government initiatives designed to foster a more innovative Chinese economy.
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Weibo to Block Unapproved Video Content Following Government Rebuke
Last week, China's media watchdog threatened to close Weibo's video service along with two other popular services, ACFUN and iFeng.
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Netflix CEO Says Firm Continues to Look Into Entering China
The streaming service remains absent in the world's most populous country, where content providers face stringent regulations and censorship challenges.
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China Looks to Ramp Up Internet Growth, and Its Controls
Chinese officials including Internet czar Lu Wei have played down concerns over what critics have described as China's expanding Web censorship.
