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UK Watchdog: Policing ‘Shot Through’ With Chinese Surveillance Cameras

February 15, 2023
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British policing has been “shot through” with Chinese-made cameras, drones, and surveillance systems, a watchdog said on Thursday. Biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner Fraser Sampson published the final analysis of a survey, showing at least half of the police forces in England and Wales were using camera systems about which there have been security or ethical…

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Baidu Set to Challenge ChatGPT in March

February 14, 2023
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China’s Baidu announced it will complete the internal testing of Ernie Bot (Chinese name: Wenxin Yiyan), a ChatGPT-style AI project, in March and open it to the public. However, some experts are not optimistic about Baidu’s product due to the ubiquitous censorship of “sensitive words” under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule. On Feb. 7,…

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‘People Won’t Care Until They Feel the Burn’

February 14, 2023
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An Australian supply chain worker based in Melbourne may have forgotten about an email he wrote two years ago if not seeing the news of the Australian federal government “riddled with CCP spyware.” The email was sent to the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV), one of Australia’s largest motoring clubs, which offers a range…

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‘People Won’t Care Until They Feel the Burn’: Worker

February 14, 2023
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An Australian supply chain worker based in Melbourne may have forgotten about an email he wrote two years ago if not seeing the news of the Australian federal government “riddled with CCP spyware.” The email was sent to the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV), one of Australia’s largest motoring clubs, which offers a range…

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What Are We Doing to Counter CCP Spying?

February 12, 2023
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Commentary The determination of the Chinese Communist regime to spy and collect information as part of its relentless efforts to expand its influence throughout the world was in stark relief this past week. The revelation that hundreds of security cameras in Australian government buildings were potentially collecting information for China followed the saga of the…

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How Chinese Development Loans ‘Captured’ Angola

February 10, 2023
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For years The Republic of Angola has been called Africa’s “richest poor country,” chock full of oil and diamonds, but wasted by 40 years of proxy wars and looted by native kleptocrats.  After a bloody civil war ended in 2002, the government looked for international investors, and in two years bankers from the Chinese regime…

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Beijing Spreads Social Media Disinformation About Australian Politics: Think Tank

February 10, 2023
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using social media to spread disinformation about Australian politics in a bid to undermine trust in Australia’s democratic institutions, researchers said. Beijing has coordinated dozens of Twitter accounts in recent months to amplify allegations of sexual assault and misconduct in Parliament House using the propaganda network Spamouflage, according to…

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French Senate to Open Commission of Inquiry Into TikTok

February 9, 2023
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PARIS—The French Senate will open a commission of inquiry into Chinese social media company TikTok to look into its use and strategy of influence, according to a statement from senator Claude Malhuret’s office. The commission of inquiry will aim to shed light on whether TikTok promotes certain content in some parts of the world, excluding…

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Sen. Josh Hawley Proposes Legal Minimum Age for Youth to Use Social Media

February 8, 2023
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Amid growing backlash against social media platforms, including legislation targeting Chinese-owned TikTok and other apps, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said in a Feb. 7 interview with NBC News that he plans to sponsor legislation that will set a minimum age of 16 for users of social media and that he also plans to commission a…

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Congress to Receive Classified Briefing on Chinese Spy Balloon on Thursday

February 8, 2023
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Multiple Congressional staffers have confirmed to The Epoch Times that Congress will be briefed on the morning of Feb. 9 regarding the Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States last week. The meeting comes after days of debate between Republicans and Democrats about how the Biden administration addressed the craft and the threat…

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