Privacy

High Court Accepts TikTok Ban as CCP Supposedly Mulls Sale to Musk and Trump Falsifies Xi

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• Censorship
• China
• Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

High Court Accepts TikTok Ban as CCP Supposedly Mulls Sale to Musk and Trump Falsifies Xi

Scribbler January 17, 2025

Although acknowledging that the TikTok app “offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression,” etc., wonderful app...

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Chinese, American Governments Both Want Digital ID

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• Censorship
• China
• Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

Chinese, American Governments Both Want Digital ID

Scribbler August 3, 2024

Supposedly, it’s to protect us. Really, it’s to more thoroughly monitor and control us (“China mulls digital...

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China’s Self-Driving Cars Surveil America

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• China
• Espionage
• News

China’s Self-Driving Cars Surveil America

Scribbler July 9, 2024

What is China doing with the data? Widely reported Chinese spy balloons or Chinese cyber-hacks of cabinet-level...

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Get VPNs After App Stores Remove Them to Obey China, Russia, Iran…

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• Censorship
• China
• Human Rights

Get VPNs After App Stores Remove Them to Obey China, Russia, Iran…

Scribbler July 7, 2024

On July 4, 2024, the popular tyranny-appeasing tech firm Apple removed “at least four of the best...

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China Censors Tens of Thousands of iOS Apps, Including Top Ten in World

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• Censorship
• China
• News

China Censors Tens of Thousands of iOS Apps, Including Top Ten in World

Scribbler June 27, 2024

The ten most-downloaded apps in the world are “unavailable or inaccessible in China,” according to a June...

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Microsoft’s Recall Feature Would Abet Chinese Hacking

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• China
• Cyberattacks
• Espionage

Microsoft’s Recall Feature Would Abet Chinese Hacking

Scribbler June 6, 2024

Since this blog is about China and the Chinese Communist Party, the headline notes the cyber danger...

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China’s Ever-Expanding Surveillance and Control

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• Censorship
• Central Planning
• China

China’s Ever-Expanding Surveillance and Control

Scribbler May 26, 2024

Too much is never enough in China. Beijing-based Vivian Wang reports that the Chinese state’s universal and...

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Response to Paul Jacob About TikTok and His Further Thoughts

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• China
• Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
• Human Rights

Response to Paul Jacob About TikTok and His Further Thoughts

Scribbler March 22, 2024

Three related questions are considered in Paul Jacob’s recent post, “TikTok Smoke But No Gun?” (Paul’s response...

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Bless Me, Father, for the Chinese Communist Party Has Sinned

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• Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
• Hong Kong
• Human Rights

Bless Me, Father, for the Chinese Communist Party Has Sinned

Scribbler March 20, 2024

I guess I must revise my view that Hong Kong’s new National Security Law is superfluous except...

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U.S. House Acts to Thwart CCP Weapon TikTok

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• Censorship
• China
• Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

U.S. House Acts to Thwart CCP Weapon TikTok

Scribbler March 13, 2024

A bill to require CCP-linked ByteDance to divest itself of TikTok or, if it does not comply,...

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