Chinese internet regulators are purportedly considering new methods to safeguard users’ personal information online. Their solution, however, involves giving the government greater control over user data. The proposal has...
A pair of recently surfaced screenshots appear to offer unusual detail about a special month-long operation, held in Beijing and involving over 40 Ministry of Public Security computer specialists from around the country, to...
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the country’s top internet regulator, is reshaping internet and AI governance. Following the Data Security Law and Personal Information and Protection Law which went into effect late...
An anonymous Chinese tech and politics blogger known as program-think (编程随想) has reportedly been detained in China after evading identification and arrest for more than 12 years. program-think, whose Blogspot posts included...
In August, Matters News published an interview with CDT founder and Editor-in-Chief Xiao Qiang. The interview, by freelance writer Xiran, examines the events and motivations that led Xiao to become a human rights activist and...
At Quartz, Jane Li reports on a statement released late last month by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, that anyone applying for a new mobile and data service plan will need to have their faces scanned by...
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
New regulations from the Cyberspace Administration of China require internet platforms to verify...
On Thursday, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) ordered five websites—Alibaba’s Taobao,...
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
China has been tightening up internet controls by targeting individuals’ VPN access and...
At Global Voices, Oiwan Lam reports that residents in a district of Urumqi, the capital of the...
WhatsApp users in China reported widespread service disruptions on Tuesday, with many unable to...
On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Beijing had instructed state-run telecommunications carriers to...
At Bloomberg News, Christina Larson and Steven Yang report that Beijing has ordered state-run...
The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television (SAPPRFT),...
Ahead of the recent Two Sessions meetings of the National People’s Congress and the Chinese...
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Sunday announced the launch of a 14-month...
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