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China's online censorship faces growing public pushback
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In its latest Quarterly Report on the Situation in China, the council said that China's "digital authoritarian model" has reached a breaking point and is now caught in a self-perpetuating loop of suppression and speculation, as reported by The Taipei Times.
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Pakistan's mass surveillance, censorship backed by China, US, EU, UAE tech
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
A new report by Amnesty International on Tuesday has revealed that Pakistan's growing mass surveillance and online censorship infrastructure is being powered by a global web of technology companies based in China, Europe, North America, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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3rd internet shutdown in Balochistan; rights group criticise online censor
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has denounced the move, stating that these blanket shutdowns infringe on citizens' rights to information, free expression, and freedom of movement.
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China should respect people's right to peaceful protest: Human Rights Watc
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Over the weekend, thousands of people in Shanghai, China's biggest city and financial center, began publicly protesting the government's strict Covid-19 measures and denouncing the Chinese Communist Party's authoritarian rule.
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Tiananmen massacre: China censors top e-commerce live streamer, Li Jiaqi f
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 7 (ANI): China censored the country's top e-commerce live streamer, Li Jiaqi, after he and his co-host presented the audience with a plate of Viennetta ice cream from the British brand Wall's, resembling tank on the eve of June 4 - Tiananmen Square massacre day.
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China: Shanghai residents vent online at COVID-19 situation amid censorshi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], April 23 (ANI): Amid strict lockdown measures, breakdown of supply chains, food shortages and increasing COVID-19 cases, the residents of China's economic hub of Shanghai are venting online even as government censors try to control the flood of critical comments pouring in.
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Lawsuit filed against Trump for signing executive order targeting social m
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 4 (ANI): A lawsuit has been filed against US President Donald Trump for signing an executive order on preventing online censorship that seems to violate the freedom of speech of individuals on social media platforms.
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