Recently, a U.S. district court slapped a sizable lawsuit on TikTok, the popular social media news app company. The company was charged for violating the privacy and personal data of its users. Its parent company is Beijing ByteDance Technology Co., although the software is not available in China. The video app has become a fashionable ...
Facebook has announced that it will alert users who have been exposed to fake news about the coronavirus. People who have commented, liked, shared, or committed any action on a post that is red-flagged as harmful by Facebook will be directed to a website that debunks incorrect information. However, it seems as if Facebook is ...
Days after the People’s Republic of China expelled three journalists for a “racist” op-ed headline run by The Wall Street Journal, The Trump administration announced that it would limit the number of Chinese staff working in the United States for Chinese state-owned media outlets. The restrictions were effective from March 13 and applied to four PRC ...
Journalists often receive threats for criticizing authoritarian regimes and leaders. Michael Forsythe is one such journalist from Bloomberg who took on the most famous authoritarian leader on the planet right now — Chinese President Xi Jinping. The article triggered a backlash and his wife, Leta Hong Fincher, started receiving threats for his exposé. The threats ...
Kirsty Needham is a journalist who works as the China correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald. In one of her recent write-ups about her life in China, Kirsty recounts the “unpleasantness” of raising her child in the country. Living in China with a child Kirsty starts off by mentioning an incident that occurred while she ...
Beijing’s influence campaign on the world’s media has “serious implications for the survival of open, democratic societies,” says a new report. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has ramped up its efforts to shape content and narratives worldwide in its favor, according to Beijing’s Global Megaphone, a new report from independent watchdog Freedom House. Since 2017, ...
Starting February 1, 2020, China will implement new rules applicable to religions in China. The updated guidelines apparently complete the “Regulations on religious affairs” that was implemented two years back on February 1, 2018. The new religious rules “Every aspect of the life of religious communities — from formation, to gatherings, to annual and daily ...
Beijing recently revealed a fresh set of guidelines with regard to national education. According to the new rules, foreign textbooks have been banned in primary and secondary schools. “The latest government directives require authors, publishers, and teachers to promote the ‘spirit of Xi Jinping Thought’ in all textbooks, from primary through high school… the guidelines ...
Ross LaJeunesse was once the head of global international relations at Google. Today, he is campaigning for a seat in the U.S. Senate. In a recent write-up at Medium, the former Google employee revealed how the company constantly neglected his concerns about human rights due to the firm’s business interests in China in spite of ...
The rise of a major power has a deep influence on how the world works. A benevolent power that promotes personal freedoms will make the world a better place, while a power that seeks to control even the minutest affairs of people will push this world into repression and tyranny. The rise of the Chinese ...
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