Category: cac

Chinese Regime Tightens Online Censorship, Clamps Down on Influencers

March 16, 2023
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The Chinese communist regime’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC) launched a two-month “purge” on March 12 to strictly control the dissemination of information on China’s internet and to increase the censorship of online citizen journalists. The move has caused uproar online, however. A popular Chinese social media influencer also fell victim to the newly tightened censorship rules…

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Communist Regime Censors Speech on Military Affairs

April 12, 2021
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Military affairs have recently become a censored topic within the Great Firewall—communist China’s sophisticated internet censorship system, amid the tightened control over speech and information on social media platforms. On March 30, several official accounts that cover military affairs on Chinese social media platform WeChat were suspended on the same day. Among them was the…

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Beijing Tightens Control Over Voice Software and Deepfake Technologies on Chinese Social Media Platforms

March 19, 2021
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After the ban of U.S. audio-based social media app Clubhouse last month, the Chinese regime issued an official notice on March 18 to tighten internet control over voice software on Chinese social media platforms, pressuring domestic technology firms to implement surveillance measures. Chinese users have been using the audio-chat of Clubhouse to join real-time global…

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Beijing Tightens Control Over Voice Software and Deepfake Technologies on Chinese Social Media Platforms

March 19, 2021
Alibabaaudio message appbiometriccacChinaChina Business & EconomyChina Human RightsChina SocietyChinese RegimeclubhousedeepfakeTencentThe Cyberspace Administration of Chinavoice softwareXiaomi
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After the ban of U.S. audio-based social media app Clubhouse last month, the Chinese regime issued an official notice on March 18 to tighten internet control over voice software on Chinese social media platforms, pressuring domestic technology firms to implement surveillance measures. Chinese users have been using the audio-chat of Clubhouse to join real-time global…

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Communist Party Tightens Control on Chinese Social Media, License Now Required to Comment on Current Affairs

February 5, 2021
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China’s ruling communist party has further tightened its control over speech, information, and thought among the Chinese people, announcing limits on what is allowed on Chinese social media. The country’s social media platforms in recent days have issued notices to users, requiring them to obtain “Internet News Information Service Licenses” or otherwise be banned from…

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