Digital media
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Chinese dancing frog goes viral doing the worm
‘Frog seller’ trend sparks debate on intellectual property amid concerns over copyright infringementAn anthrop…
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Viral series about Chinese teapot escaping from British Museum to become film
Series with 370m views echoes Chinese state media calls for return of cultural relicsA viral series on the Chi…
- Artificial intelligence (AI), Children, Computing, Digital media, Global development, Health, India, Media, Mental health, Social media, Society, South and Central Asia, Technology, World news
‘I log into a torture chamber each day’: the strain of moderating social media
As jobs screening US, UK and EU platforms are shifted to India, viewing ‘gore’ to clean up the web has traumat…
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‘It’s offensive’: backlash against China’s ‘good for marriage’ women’s trend
Style featuring pastel makeup and modest clothing has taken off, but many are objecting to the ethos behind it…
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Chinese social media filled with anti-black racist content, says watchdog
Analysis by Human Rights Watch finds the country’s major platforms ‘do not routinely address’ pervasive online…
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‘Into brain and the heart’: how China is using apps to woo Taiwan’s teenagers
Lifestyle and shopping apps are the latest weapons in Beijing’s information war against its neighbourAriel Lo …
- Asia Pacific, Censorship, China, Digital media, Internet, Media, Protest, Social media, Technology, Tiananmen Square protests 1989, World news, Xi Jinping
Chinese censors remove protest site Sitong Bridge from online maps
Amid usual scrubbing for Tiananmen Square anniversary, searches for bridge where protest was held in 2022 retu…
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China accused of flooding social media with spam to cover up Covid protests
US firm says network of bot accounts also hijacking hashtags in large-scale attempt to obscure coverageAn atte…
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TechScape: What’s really behind Apple’s shift from China
Apple is now manufacturing a new phone model outside China – and the implications could be huge. Plus, a cyber…
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Thailand’s gay-romance TV dramas help revive flagging tourism industry
The popularity of ‘boy-love’ series sends fans from home and abroad flocking to filming locations across the c…
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Instagran: meet Thailand’s new generation of over-60s influencers
Government scheme links older people with university students who provide mentoring to develop online skillsSo…
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Delhi police arrest Muslim journalist Mohammed Zubair over tweet from 2018
Journalists demand release of the co-founder of the fact-checking website Alt News after he was accused of ins…
- Asia Pacific, China, Digital media, Media, Protest, Social media, Tiananmen Square protests 1989, World news
Li Jiaqi: Chinese influencer’s career hangs in balance after ‘tank cake’ stream
Social media star’s broadcast cut short after appearance of dessert thought to reference 1989 Tiananmen Square…
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Chinese star taken offline after showing ‘tank cake’ on Tiananmen anniversary
Li Jiaqi, a blogger with millions of fans, had his live stream abruptly cut on Friday, and has posted nothing …
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People of colour fleeing Ukraine attacked by Polish nationalists
Non-white refugees face violence and racist abuse in Przemyśl, as police warn of fake reports of ‘migrants com…