Cyberspace Administration of China

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Thu 27 Jan 2022

Cyberspace Administration of China

Imagine a land in which Big Tech can't send you down online rabbit holes or use algorithms to overcharge you

China is trying to become that land, with a government crackdown on the things that make the internet no fun

Security25 Nov 2024 | 69

China wants mobile devices to limit usage time for minors, ensure they only see nice content

Seeks grand alliance between manufacturers, developers and content providers – all in the name of socialism

Personal Tech20 Nov 2024 | 14

AI 'bubble' will burst 99 percent of players, says Baidu CEO

Asia In Brief Plus: Australian bank glitch empties accounts; China online slang crackdown; Toshiba teams with Airbus; and more

AI + ML20 Oct 2024 | 18

China calls for realtime censorship of satellite broadband

Great Firewall reaches all the way into space

Networks30 Sep 2024 | 27

China wants red flags on all AI-generated content posted online

Visible and audible warnings, plus metadata, with absence of info considered suspicious

Public Sector16 Sep 2024 | 19

China starts testing national cyber-ID before consultation on the idea closes

Eighty-one apps signed up to pilot facial recognition and real name ID system

Public Sector05 Aug 2024 | 12

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China ponders creating a national 'cyberspace ID'

Because clearly it's better for Beijing to know who you are than for every ISP and social service to keep its own records

Public Sector29 Jul 2024 | 19

China's internet cleanup campaigns are going so well it needs a new one to protect kids

Years of crackdowns haven't stopped some revolting stuff

Public Sector15 Jul 2024 | 3

Beijing demands government apps must shed their bureaucratic skins

Its hard to disagree with a mandate to make government digital services fit for people, not box-tickers

Software19 Dec 2023 | 13

Dirty dancing grabs the attention of China's cyberspace regulators

Alibaba service fined as Beijing calls for online platforms to name major creators and deploy kid-mode services

Security02 Nov 2023 | 6

Micron revenue halved in FY23 as China ban bites

Reason for the block still a mystery – but most have their guesses

Systems28 Sep 2023 | 6

Beijing freezes social media service for a month for letting kids see smut

TikTok-esque Mini Worlds, part of the Tencent empire, shamed, fined, warned to do better

Personal Tech14 Sep 2023 | 6

China – which surveils everyone everywhere – floats facial recognition rules

Regulator says with a straight face that it should not be allowed to analyze ethnicity

Security08 Aug 2023 | 12

China outsources censorship to web giants to break the fake news business model

The likes of WeChat and Weibo suddenly have a lot of work to do – including turning off the money tap

Legal12 Jul 2023 | 10

Beijing proposes rules to stop Wi-Fi and Bluetooth networks going rogue

Local wireless network operators need to abide by "correct" political direction

Networks08 Jun 2023 | 16

China cracks down on AI-generated news anchors

Aims to 'clear' the network of unauthorized misinformation. Stuff from official sources can't be wrong!

AI + ML16 May 2023 | 5

Beijing's done its sums and found a billion netizens watching short video services

Meanwhile, TikTok analog Douyin cleans up 5,000 misbehaving e-commerce accounts

Personal Tech07 Mar 2023 | 5

China blocked 54.3 million items online in 2022, after snitches sent 170 million tips

Regulator warns it's far from finished and the deletions will continue until morale improves

Legal01 Mar 2023 | 5

China makes it even harder for data to leave its shores

Many foreign companies had already given up – now there's more red tape

Security27 Feb 2023 | 7

Tech companies in the crosshairs as China proposes antitrust law revisions

After a mysterious pause in crackdowns, it looks like the Beijing everyone knows is back

Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 6

Beijing blitz of crypto promotions and marketing underway

Cyberspace Administration of China closes accounts and removes to 'rectify the chaos'

Networks09 Aug 2022 | 3

DiDi in deep doo-doo over 64 billion illegal acts of data collection

Billion-dollar fine for eight billion items lifted from clipboards, 107 million facial recognition files … and more

Legal22 Jul 2022 | 16

China: Our big tech companies are hiring, not shrinking

Please dismiss any thoughts you had that increasing regulation might have hurt the economy

Software11 Apr 2022 | 4

China's internet regulator squeezes famously freewheeling Reddit-alike

App already banned, now it's getting very close supervision

Personal Tech16 Mar 2022 | 5

China launches test satellites for orbiting broadband service

GalaxySpace plans 144 birds for small-footprint high-surveillance service

Networks08 Mar 2022 | 13

China orders web operators to spring clean its entire internet

Purveyors of rumours, flirty teens, dodgy infomercials, or bloody violence all told to get in the bin – yet again

Security27 Jan 2022 | 22

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