Category: monitoring

‘Don’t Trust the CCP:’ Taiwanese Scholar Recounts His Experience in China

July 28, 2022
Asia & PacificChinaChinese Regimemonitoringsocial controlSocial IssuesSpecial TopicsTaiwanTaiwanesethe CCPWorld
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A Taiwanese scholar has shared his experience being monitored by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) when he was a university professor in China and why he chose to flee China in his unpublished anthology “Twenty Years of Sleep—Awakening from the Chinese Dream.” Wu Mingneng studied and worked in China for 20 years, through which he…

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Recent Changes to the HKU Library Reflect Red Line Mentality?

June 11, 2022
ChinaHKUHong KonglibrarymonitoringOpinion
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I was admitted to the University of Hong Kong in 1989. After getting my BA I proceeded to post-graduate study, and gained my PhD in 1999. In my ten-year full-time stay in HKU, besides the Main Building which had been the teaching base of the Faculty of Arts before it moved to the Centennial Campus,…

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Group Calls on Government to Reconsider Its ‘Fundamentally Flawed’ Approach to Combating Harmful Online Content

October 2, 2021
Canadafreedom of expressionmonitoringonline hateprivacy rightsWorld
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An expansive federal law proposal to combat harmful online content is not only “fundamentally flawed” but also violates Canadians’ freedom of expression and privacy rights, warn internet law experts, who are calling on the Liberals to overhaul their approach. The main problem with the so-called “online harms” proposal lies in its ability to filter content…

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Centeno Says ECB Needs to Keep Monitoring Inflation, Stand Ready to Act

September 30, 2021
Business & EconomyCompaniesECBEconomiesEuropeinflationMario CentenomonitoringWorld
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LISBON—Lingering uncertainty about rising inflation requires close monitoring by the European Central Bank, which sees it as a temporary trend, but it must be prepared to act flexibly, ECB Governing Council member Mario Centeno said on Thursday. “Concerning the monetary policy the best answer to uncertainty is to keep close monitoring, a steady hand and…

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Remote Employee Monitoring: Pros, Cons, and How to Do It Right

September 8, 2021
Business & EconomyBusiness ColumnistsCompaniesmonitoringremote work
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By Aman Jain According to Global Workplace Analytics, remote work has grown 159 percent since 2009, while Owl Labs established it has increased by 55 percent in the last five years. With the pandemic, remote work and remote employee monitoring have soared, and so have doubts as to how to do it in conformity with the law….

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Aussies Test-Driving the Chinese Regime’s ‘Fangkong’ Methods

September 5, 2021
AustraliaCOVID-19 lockdownsfangkong (prevent and control)monitoringOpinionsurveillanceThinking About China
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Commentary Freedom-loving people all over the world are aghast at the strict lockdowns and other actions being taken by Australian states in a misguided effort to achieve “Zero COVID.” Australian state governments are all in on “zero COVID-19,” mandating masks, social distancing, quarantines, contact tracing, and vaccine passports until around 75 percent of their citizens…

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