China takes action to combat online misuse of AI
1 month ago

China takes action to combat online misuse of AI

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-02-21 17:26 The Cyberspace Administration of China, the nation's internet regulator, has pledged to address the misuse of AI technology and the defamation of businesses and entrepreneurs in its online campaign this year. "This year's operation will continue focusing on protecting the rights of internet users by eliminating all types of harmful information, in a bid to build a clearer and more orderly online environment," the administration said. Key actions of the 2025 campaign also include regulating the online environment during Spring Festival, addressing the spread of false information by independent media publishers, curbing malicious short video advertising, enhancing the online environment for minors during the summer vacation, rectifying issues related to online live-streaming rewards and handling malicious incitement of negative emotions. An official of the Cyberspace Administration said that more actions will be taken as needed and the administration will continue to purify online content, regulate the features and services of applications and foster a healthier online environment.

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Regulator takes action against apps for illegally collecting, using personal data
1 month, 1 week ago

Regulator takes action against apps for illegally collecting, using personal data

China Daily  

China's top cyber regulator said on Wednesday that a total of 82 apps have recently been ordered to be taken down or rectified for illegally collecting and using personal information. In a news release, the Cyberspace Administration of China said that upon investigation, four apps were found to not publicly disclosing their rules for collecting and using personal information and …

Regulator takes action against apps for illegally collecting, using personal data
1 month, 1 week ago

Regulator takes action against apps for illegally collecting, using personal data

China Daily  

China's top cyber regulator said on Wednesday that a total of 82 apps have recently been ordered to be taken down or rectified for illegally collecting and using personal information. In a news release, the Cyberspace Administration of China said that upon investigation, four apps were found to not publicly disclosing their rules for collecting and using personal information and …

China's top court cracks down on online extortion, strengthen cybersecurity
1 month, 2 weeks ago

China's top court cracks down on online extortion, strengthen cybersecurity

China Daily  

The Supreme People's Court, China's top court, has ordered all courts nationwide to intensify the fight against online extortion to safeguard people's legitimate rights in cyberspace and clearly establish the red line for internet operations. The top court acknowledged that criminal activities have increasingly spread into cyberspace with the deep integration of information networks, revealing that there have been frequent …

China's top court cracks down on online extortion, strengthen cybersecurity
1 month, 2 weeks ago

China's top court cracks down on online extortion, strengthen cybersecurity

China Daily  

The Supreme People's Court, China's top court, has ordered all courts nationwide to intensify the fight against online extortion to safeguard people's legitimate rights in cyberspace and clearly establish the red line for internet operations. The top court acknowledged that criminal activities have increasingly spread into cyberspace with the deep integration of information networks, revealing that there have been frequent …

Cyberspace needs community with a shared future, not hegemony
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Cyberspace needs community with a shared future, not hegemony

China Daily  

Experts and officials called on Tuesday for the international community to jointly address challenges in cyberspace and abandon cyber hegemony in order to build a community with a shared future in cyberspace. Zhuang Rongwen, director of the Cyberspace Administration of China and chairman of the World Internet Conference, said that a community with a shared future in cyberspace advocates for …

Internet sector to see new development
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Internet sector to see new development

China Daily  

By Fan Feifei | China Daily | Updated: 2024-07-10 07:41 Participants visit the exhibition area of the 2024 China Internet Conference in Beijing, capital of China, July 9, 2024. China's internet sector is expected to usher in new development opportunities, as the nation further accelerates the construction of a national computing power network and bolsters the indepth integration of cutting-edge …

Internet sector to see new development
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Internet sector to see new development

China Daily  

Participants visit the exhibition area of the 2024 China Internet Conference in Beijing, capital of China, July 9, 2024. China's internet sector is expected to usher in new development opportunities, as the nation further accelerates the construction of a national computing power network and bolsters the indepth integration of cutting-edge digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data and cloud …

China's path to modernization through information revolution
1 year ago

China's path to modernization through information revolution

China Daily  

A girl stands in front of the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in May 2021. At a recent conference on internet and cybersecurity, the top Chinese leader said China should strive to pursue innovation-based internet development and build China into an internet power. In today's world, the rapid development of information technology has catalyzed new changes …

Cyberspace pledges set to narrow divide
1 year, 4 months ago

Cyberspace pledges set to narrow divide

China Daily  

A view of the World Internet Science and Technology Museum in Wuzhen of Zhejiang province is seen in this photo taken on November 7, 2023. Experts: President offers vision for more inclusive development of internet sector China's renewed commitment to take forward the building of a community with a shared future in cyberspace will propel greater global cooperation and exchanges …

EU's Digital Services Act referential milestone
1 year, 7 months ago

EU's Digital Services Act referential milestone

China Daily  

This combination of pictures created on April 25, 2023 shows logos of online platforms, applications, social networks and technology and IT companies of Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Wikipedia, Pinterest, AliExpress, Facebook, Meta, Apple app store, Snapchat, Linkedin, Youtube, Instagram, Twitter, Tik Tok and fashion retailer Zalando. The EU Digital Services Act, which comes into force on Friday, will lead to big …

Pinnacle of Cyber Sovereignty: Chinese President Xi Jinping calls for ‘solid’ internet security barrier
1 year, 8 months ago

Pinnacle of Cyber Sovereignty: Chinese President Xi Jinping calls for ‘solid’ internet security barrier

Firstpost  

Chinese President emphasized the need to construct a robust security barrier for China’s internet under the supervision of the ruling Communist Party. Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized the need to construct a robust security barrier for China’s internet under the supervision of the ruling Communist Party. The subsequent year witnessed the implementation of a law that mandated security reviews and …

China drafts law to require 'security assessment' for new AI products like ChatGPT
1 year, 11 months ago

China drafts law to require 'security assessment' for new AI products like ChatGPT

Firstpost  

Beijing: A sweeping new draft law by the country’s internet regulator said Tuesday that all new AI services like ChatGPT developed in China will have to undergo a security assessment before they are allowed to operate. “Before providing services to the public that use generative AI products, a security assessment shall be applied for through national internet regulatory departments,” the …

Chinese Protesters and the Global Internet Need One Another
2 years, 1 month ago

Chinese Protesters and the Global Internet Need One Another

The Diplomat  

In late November 2022, the Chinese internet was overwhelmed by expressions of rage, grief, and disbelief. Many internet users circumvented China’s official censorship system, known as the Great Firewall, to share information on banned platforms like Twitter and Instagram. A Battle With Online Censors Public anger in the aftermath of the Urumqi fire erupted suddenly and spread far and wide …

India’s internet policy mustn’t develop Chinese characteristics
2 years, 5 months ago

India’s internet policy mustn’t develop Chinese characteristics

Live Mint  

One of the laws under which India governs its telecom industry dates back to 1885—when Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone was not even a decade old. If the colonial-era Indian Telegraph Act is hopelessly anachronistic, its proposed replacement may also be problematic: The telecom bill wants to retain sweeping powers of state surveillance and apply them even to …

Official calls for advancing cyber civilization progress
2 years, 6 months ago

Official calls for advancing cyber civilization progress

China Daily  

A senior official has called for strengthening cyber governance to ensure that cyberspace better reflects the trends of advanced culture and the spirit of the times. Huang Kunming, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, made the remark in a video address …

Event to build better online environment
2 years, 7 months ago

Event to build better online environment

China Daily  

Regulator seeks to protect personal information, root out bullying, rumors The 2022 China Internet Civilization Conference will be held in Tianjin from Aug 28 to 29, in an effort to call on all walks of life to build a better online environment, a senior cyberspace regulator said on Tuesday. The conference, which will kick off at the National Convention and …

China’s cyberagency calls for ‘affectionate’ ties with sector
2 years, 7 months ago

China’s cyberagency calls for ‘affectionate’ ties with sector

Al Jazeera  

China’s cyberspace watchdog wants to build an “affectionate” relationship between internet enterprises and the government, a senior official has said, the latest verbal assurance to an industry still on edge after a long and bruising regulatory crackdown. Among some of the biggest issues that have worried investors include new rules that came into effect in February for Chinese firms with …

As China shuts out the world, internet access from abroad gets harder too
2 years, 9 months ago

As China shuts out the world, internet access from abroad gets harder too

LA Times  

Most internet users trying to get past China’s Great Firewall search for a cyber tunnel that will take them outside censorship restrictions to the wider web. “I don’t think the VPN is enough anymore a lot of the time,” said Daria Impiombato, a researcher at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute who uses VPNs to bounce around to different locations when …

Chinese hackers can breach routers and steal passwords, FBI and NSA warns
2 years, 9 months ago

Chinese hackers can breach routers and steal passwords, FBI and NSA warns

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Over the last few years, a series of high-severity vulnerabilities for network devices provided cyber actors with …

China regulator says will step up efforts to build 'civilised internet'
3 years, 4 months ago

China regulator says will step up efforts to build 'civilised internet'

The Hindu  

China will strengthen its efforts to build a "civilised" internet with an eye on reshaping online behaviour and use it as a platform to disseminate new party theories and promote socialist values, the country's cyberspace regulator said. The head of Cyberspace Administration of China Zhuang Rongwen said such efforts were crucial to build a "modern socialist country", given that China …

Adapt or vanish: how Beijing’s guidelines for ‘civilized cyberspace’ reflect ever tighter censorship
3 years, 6 months ago

Adapt or vanish: how Beijing’s guidelines for ‘civilized cyberspace’ reflect ever tighter censorship

The Independent  

Amid China’s ongoing crackdown on multiple sectors in civil society, the country’s state council published a set of guidelines last week, aiming to promote a “civilized” internet by strengthening supervision over news websites and online platforms by asking them to promote socialist values. The escalation of suppression has scared a lot of people in China, which results in a lot …

每日一词∣网络文明建设 building of civilized and well-regulated cyberspace
3 years, 6 months ago

每日一词∣网络文明建设 building of civilized and well-regulated cyberspace

China Daily  

中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅近日印发《关于加强网络文明建设的意见》。《意见》指出，要加强网络空间思想引领，加强网络空间文化培育，提高网民思想道德素质。加强网络空间行为规范，培育符合社会主义核心价值观的网络伦理和行为规则。 The Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council have jointly issued a guideline on developing a more civilized and well-regulated cyberspace. Efforts will be made to enhance ideological work and cultural development in cyberspace, as well as raising ethical standards among internet users, the guideline said. 2021年2月6日，甘肃省静宁县城关镇东关村村民通过手机观看迎新春送欢乐网络文艺演出直播。（图片来源：新华社） 【知识点】 加强网络文明建设，是推进社会主义精神文明建设、提高社会文明程度的必然要求，是适应社会主要矛盾变化、满足人民对美好生活向往的迫切需要，是加快建设网络强国、全面建设社会主义现代化国家的重要任务。 加强网络文明建设的工作目标是：理论武装占领新阵地，马克思主义在网络意识形态领域的指导地位进一步巩固，全党全国人民团结奋斗的共同思想基础进一步巩固；文化培育取得新成效，社会主义核心价值观深入人心，人民群众网上精神文化生活日益健康丰富；道德建设迈出新步伐，网民思想道德素质明显提高，向上向善、诚信互助的网络风尚更加浓厚；文明素养得到新提高，青少年网民网络素养不断提升，网络平台主体责任和行业自律有效落实；治理效能实现新提升，网络生态日益向好，网络空间法治化深入推进，网络违法犯罪打击防范治理能力持续提升；创建活动开创新局面，群众性精神文明创建活动向网上有效延伸，网络文明品牌活动巩固提升，网络空间更加清朗。 【重要讲话】 要持续巩固壮大主流舆论强势，加大舆论引导力度，加快建立网络综合治理体系，推进依法治网。 Continuous efforts should be …

每日一词∣网络文明建设 building of civilized and well-regulated cyberspace
3 years, 6 months ago

每日一词∣网络文明建设 building of civilized and well-regulated cyberspace

China Daily  

中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅近日印发《关于加强网络文明建设的意见》。《意见》指出，要加强网络空间思想引领，加强网络空间文化培育，提高网民思想道德素质。加强网络空间行为规范，培育符合社会主义核心价值观的网络伦理和行为规则。 The Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council have jointly issued a guideline on developing a more civilized and well-regulated cyberspace. Efforts will be made to enhance ideological work and cultural development in cyberspace, as well as raising ethical standards among internet users, the guideline said. 2021年2月6日，甘肃省静宁县城关镇东关村村民通过手机观看迎新春送欢乐网络文艺演出直播。（图片来源：新华社） 【知识点】 加强网络文明建设，是推进社会主义精神文明建设、提高社会文明程度的必然要求，是适应社会主要矛盾变化、满足人民对美好生活向往的迫切需要，是加快建设网络强国、全面建设社会主义现代化国家的重要任务。 加强网络文明建设的工作目标是：理论武装占领新阵地，马克思主义在网络意识形态领域的指导地位进一步巩固，全党全国人民团结奋斗的共同思想基础进一步巩固；文化培育取得新成效，社会主义核心价值观深入人心，人民群众网上精神文化生活日益健康丰富；道德建设迈出新步伐，网民思想道德素质明显提高，向上向善、诚信互助的网络风尚更加浓厚；文明素养得到新提高，青少年网民网络素养不断提升，网络平台主体责任和行业自律有效落实；治理效能实现新提升，网络生态日益向好，网络空间法治化深入推进，网络违法犯罪打击防范治理能力持续提升；创建活动开创新局面，群众性精神文明创建活动向网上有效延伸，网络文明品牌活动巩固提升，网络空间更加清朗。 【重要讲话】 要持续巩固壮大主流舆论强势，加大舆论引导力度，加快建立网络综合治理体系，推进依法治网。 Continuous efforts should be …

每日一词∣网络文明建设 building of civilized and well-regulated cyberspace
3 years, 6 months ago

每日一词∣网络文明建设 building of civilized and well-regulated cyberspace

China Daily  

中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅近日印发《关于加强网络文明建设的意见》。《意见》指出，要加强网络空间思想引领，加强网络空间文化培育，提高网民思想道德素质。加强网络空间行为规范，培育符合社会主义核心价值观的网络伦理和行为规则。 The Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council have jointly issued a guideline on developing a more civilized and well-regulated cyberspace. Efforts will be made to enhance ideological work and cultural development in cyberspace, as well as raising ethical standards among internet users, the guideline said. 2021年2月6日，甘肃省静宁县城关镇东关村村民通过手机观看迎新春送欢乐网络文艺演出直播。（图片来源：新华社） 【知识点】 加强网络文明建设，是推进社会主义精神文明建设、提高社会文明程度的必然要求，是适应社会主要矛盾变化、满足人民对美好生活向往的迫切需要，是加快建设网络强国、全面建设社会主义现代化国家的重要任务。 加强网络文明建设的工作目标是：理论武装占领新阵地，马克思主义在网络意识形态领域的指导地位进一步巩固，全党全国人民团结奋斗的共同思想基础进一步巩固；文化培育取得新成效，社会主义核心价值观深入人心，人民群众网上精神文化生活日益健康丰富；道德建设迈出新步伐，网民思想道德素质明显提高，向上向善、诚信互助的网络风尚更加浓厚；文明素养得到新提高，青少年网民网络素养不断提升，网络平台主体责任和行业自律有效落实；治理效能实现新提升，网络生态日益向好，网络空间法治化深入推进，网络违法犯罪打击防范治理能力持续提升；创建活动开创新局面，群众性精神文明创建活动向网上有效延伸，网络文明品牌活动巩固提升，网络空间更加清朗。 【重要讲话】 要持续巩固壮大主流舆论强势，加大舆论引导力度，加快建立网络综合治理体系，推进依法治网。 Continuous efforts should be …

China aims for 'civilised' internet with focus on 'socialist values'
3 years, 6 months ago

China aims for 'civilised' internet with focus on 'socialist values'

The Hindu  

China will step up efforts to promote a "civilised" internet by strengthening oversight over the likes of news sites and online platforms and encouraging them to promote core socialist values, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday. Cyberspace should be used to promote education about the ruling Communist Party and its achievements, according to guidelines published by the State …

China issues draft guidelines for internet recommendation algorithms
3 years, 6 months ago

China issues draft guidelines for internet recommendation algorithms

The Hindu  

China has issued draft guidelines on regulating the algorithms used by internet service providers to make recommendations to users, part of efforts to protect the privacy and data security of users, the internet regulator said on Friday. Service providers must abide by business ethics and principles of fairness and should not set up algorithm models that entice users to spend …

China steps up direct involvement in internet content firms
3 years, 7 months ago

China steps up direct involvement in internet content firms

Live Mint  

SINGAPORE : China is taking a more direct hand in managing its internet content companies by acquiring stakes, filling board seats and sending dedicated regulators to police content at firms more frequently, according to corporate filings and people familiar with the matter. Weibo, a social-media company with 530 million monthly active users in China as of March, said in its …

China fines tech giants for content exploiting children
3 years, 8 months ago

China fines tech giants for content exploiting children

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China’s internet watchdog said Wednesday …

China's internet watchdog issues notices to 129 mobile apps for illegally collecting personal info
3 years, 9 months ago

China's internet watchdog issues notices to 129 mobile apps for illegally collecting personal info

The Hindu  

China's internet watchdog has issued notices to the operators of 129 smartphone applications, including several news apps, for illegally collecting or using consumers' personal information. Popular news aggregation app Jinri Toutiao developed by TikTok owner ByteDance, alongside Tencent-operated Kuai Bao and Tencent News, Sogou News by New York listed Sogou, and Nasdaq-listed Qutoutiao, were among a group of news apps …

China's Cyberspace Watchdog Shuts Down 18,489 'Illegal' Websites
4 years, 1 month ago

China's Cyberspace Watchdog Shuts Down 18,489 'Illegal' Websites

News 18  

China, which tightly controls the country’s internet access, shut down 18,489 “illegal” websites last year and issued warning notices to 4,551 online platforms, according to the official media. Some of the websites were shut down for promoting online games or dating information in the guise of online courses while others were punished for spreading illegal materials, including pornographic and violent …

China trumpets tech power at 6th World Internet Conference, signalling a 'digital arms race'
5 years, 5 months ago

China trumpets tech power at 6th World Internet Conference, signalling a 'digital arms race'

ABC  

At the turn of the millennium, former US president Bill Clinton declared that China's effort to censor the internet was akin to "nailing jello to the wall". Key points: Big Chinese and Western companies were in attendance, including Huawei and Microsoft President Xi Jinping said the world had to "jointly promote" internet governance Foreign governments have signalled interest in adopting …

We are already controlled by the digital giants, but Huawei’s expansion will usher in China-style surveillance
5 years, 10 months ago

We are already controlled by the digital giants, but Huawei’s expansion will usher in China-style surveillance

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Today’s digital network controls and regulates …

The US is losing a major front to China in the new cold war
5 years, 11 months ago

The US is losing a major front to China in the new cold war

Live Mint  

A swathe of the world is adopting China’s vision for a tightly controlled internet over the unfettered American approach, a stunning ideological coup for Beijing that would have been unthinkable less than a decade ago. View Full Image “For authoritarian countries in general, the idea of the state being able to wall off to some extent its internet is deeply …

Governments are rushing to regulate the internet. Users could end up paying the price
5 years, 11 months ago

Governments are rushing to regulate the internet. Users could end up paying the price

CNN  

Editor’s Note: James Griffiths is a Senior Producer for CNN International and author of “The Great Firewall of China: How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet.” CNN — In early 1996, John Perry Barlow – founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and one-time member of the Grateful Dead – declared the internet to be independent of …

China deletes million pieces of online information, apps for spreading 'vulgar information'
6 years, 2 months ago

China deletes million pieces of online information, apps for spreading 'vulgar information'

Firstpost  

China deletes more than 7 million pieces of online information, CAC shut down 733 websites China’s cyber watchdog said on Wednesday it had deleted more than 7 million pieces of online information as well as 9,382 mobile apps, and it criticized tech giant Tencent’s news app for spreading “vulgar information”. The administration singled out Tencent’s Tiantian Kuaibao news app, saying …

China’s censors face a major test in 2019. But they’ve spent three decades getting ready
6 years, 2 months ago

China’s censors face a major test in 2019. But they’ve spent three decades getting ready

CNN  

Editor’s Note: James Griffiths is a Senior Producer for CNN International and author of “The Great Firewall of China: How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet.” Hong Kong CNN — The internet blackout began with no warning. Video Ad Feedback China exports its model of internet sovereignty 02:31 - Source: CNN Internet maintenance day Every year, …

China steps up online crackdown, seeks detailed user data
6 years, 4 months ago

China steps up online crackdown, seeks detailed user data

Al Jazeera  

Internet watchdog wants data as part of an effort to curb dissent and stop people using online space to organise. China’s cyber watchdog said on Thursday it will require internet firms to provide detailed logs on users as part of a new policy designed to curb dissent and online social movements. The CAC, in its policy notice posted on its …

China tightens controls over internet content to make it 'clean and righteous'
6 years, 7 months ago

China tightens controls over internet content to make it 'clean and righteous'

Firstpost  

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 22 August. The government has been tightening controls over internet content as part of what it says are efforts to maintain social stability, taking on “vulgar” and …

China has shut down 13,000 websites since 2015, says Xinhua; Google, Facebook, Twitter and NYT among those blocked
7 years, 3 months ago

China has shut down 13,000 websites since 2015, says Xinhua; Google, Facebook, Twitter and NYT among those blocked

Firstpost  

China has shut down or revoked the licenses of 13,000 websites since 2015 for violating the country’s internet rules, state media reported Beijing: China has shut down or revoked the licenses of 13,000 websites since 2015 for violating the country’s internet rules, state media reported on Monday. Platforms have also closed nearly 10 million internet accounts for “violating service protocol”, …

Digital economy growth requires global efforts
7 years, 3 months ago

Digital economy growth requires global efforts

China Daily  

Participants from all over the world attend the 4th World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province. China is willing to deepen global cooperation in the digital economy to gain new momentum and expand global economic growth, the head of the country's internet regulatory body said on Monday. "We will actively implement the G20 Digital Economy Development and Cooperation Initiative and …

China takes lead in mobile internet and AI
7 years, 3 months ago

China takes lead in mobile internet and AI

China Daily  

CEOs of three online firms peep into a future where artificial intelligence will likely reign supreme Editor's Note: The fourth World Internet Conference, also known as the Wuzhen Summit, opens on Sunday in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, and will close on Tuesday. Wang Jing, founder and CEO of JingChi Corp, a Chinese autonomous driving developer, Xiao Hong, CEO of Perfect World …

Rapid advances power China's online transformation
7 years, 3 months ago

Rapid advances power China's online transformation

China Daily  

Nation fast becoming global hotbed for innovation and product development What happens every minute online in China? China officially launched the Internet Plus initiative in 2015, which was designed to upgrade traditional industries by embracing new technologies such as mobile internet, cloud computing, big data, and the internet of things. "We will work faster to build China into a manufacturer …

China stresses cyber sovereignty approach but keeps open mind about global internet
7 years, 3 months ago

China stresses cyber sovereignty approach but keeps open mind about global internet

ABC  

China's President Xi Jinping has said the country will not close its door to the global internet, but that cyber sovereignty is key in its vision of internet development. Key points: Foreign firms required to store data locally, submit to data surveillance Regulators say laws are designed to protect personal privacy Google, Facebook, Twitter and most western news outlets banned …

China's internet restrictions are harming Beijing's commercial and political ties with world
7 years, 5 months ago

China's internet restrictions are harming Beijing's commercial and political ties with world

Firstpost  

China’s Cybersecurity Law adopted late last year has been criticised by foreign business and governments for unclear provisions mandating security reviews. China’s internet restrictions have struck a “new blow” against foreign companies working there, Germany’s ambassador said on 16 October, warning that such moves could undermine Beijing’s political and commercial ties with the world. And its controversial Cybersecurity Law adopted …

Senior CPC official stresses cyber security ahead of key Party congress
7 years, 6 months ago

Senior CPC official stresses cyber security ahead of key Party congress

China Daily  

SHANGHAI - Senior Communist Party of China official Liu Yunshan on Saturday asked for more to be done to create a sound cyber environment ahead of the 19th National Congress of the CPC next month. Liu, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks while addressing an opening ceremony of …

China shuts down nearly 4,000 websites and around 8 million illicit cyber accounts
7 years, 8 months ago

China shuts down nearly 4,000 websites and around 8 million illicit cyber accounts

Firstpost  

More than 810,000 illicit cyber accounts were also closed in the second quarter of the year, the statement read. The websites included those that published content that jeopardized national security, and those that spread violence, vulgarity or unfounded rumours, according to the CAC statement on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported. Recently, China appointed Xu Lin, as the new head of …

Abide by cyber law to profit from market
7 years, 9 months ago

Abide by cyber law to profit from market

China Daily  

A graphic shaped in the outline of China, is seen through a magnifying glass on a computer screen showing binary digits in Singapore in this January 2, 2014 file photo illustration. Some Western observers, however, are worried that the new law targets foreign enterprises by "restricting the cross-border flow of information", which could "give Chinese companies an unfair advantage". Such …

Abide by cyber law to profit from market
7 years, 9 months ago

Abide by cyber law to profit from market

China Daily  

A graphic shaped in the outline of China, is seen through a magnifying glass on a computer screen showing binary digits in Singapore in this January 2, 2014 file photo illustration. Some Western observers, however, are worried that the new law targets foreign enterprises by "restricting the cross-border flow of information", which could "give Chinese companies an unfair advantage". Such …

A statute to protect country's cyberspace
7 years, 9 months ago

A statute to protect country's cyberspace

China Daily  

LUO JIE/CHINA DAILY China's cyber security law came into effect on June 1, just a few weeks after the ransomware virus Wannacry hit computers across the world. Designed to safeguard China's cyberspace sovereignty and security, the law, contrary to what some foreign observers say, is not about limiting the flow of information or hampering international trade, the cyber security watchdog …

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