Internet
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How China’s internet police went from targeting bloggers to their followers
In recent months, followers of influential liberal bloggers have been interviewed by police as China widens it…
- Digital media, Facebook, Internet, Media, Pakistan, Social media, South and Central Asia, UK news, World news, YouTube
Man charged in Pakistan for alleged role in spreading false claims before UK riots
Web developer in Lahore charged with cyberterrorism, after riots thought to have been fuelled by false reports…
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Pakistan businesses reeling from slow internet blame testing for firewall
Government denies new cybersecurity measures responsible for up to 40% drop in internet speeds across the coun…
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The good hacker: can Taiwanese activist turned politician Audrey Tang detoxify the internet?
As the ‘civic hacker’ who became Taiwan’s first transgender cabinet minister, she is used to breaking boundari…
- Cybercrime, Cyberwar, Defence policy, Espionage, Internet, Military, North Korea, Technology, UK news, US news, World news
North Korea-backed cyber espionage campaign targets UK military
National Cyber Security Centre warns of global hacking effort to obtain nuclear and defence intelligenceNorth …
- Asia Pacific, China, Czech Republic, Fertility problems, Health, Internet, IVF, Population, Reproductive rights, Social media, Women
‘Society doesn’t want my kids’: China’s single women forced abroad to freeze their eggs
Calls grow for end to ban that means only married Chinese couples can access ‘social egg freezing’ servicesWhe…
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Parts of Tonga without internet after cables damaged and Starlink ordered to cease operations
The island networks of Vava’u and Haʻapai were cut more than two weeks ago following damage to the undersea ca…
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China’s tech firms vow crackdown on online hate speech after knife attack
Clampdown follows fatal stabbing of Chinese woman who tried to stop attack on Japanese mother and childChina’s…
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China Nobel prize winner tarred as one of ‘three new evils’ amid rise in nationalist fervour
Mo Yan is widely celebrated in China but now faces a lawsuit accusing him of smearing the Communist party amid…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Christchurch, Christchurch shooting, Far right, Internet, Islam, New Zealand, Social media, The far right
Christchurch gunman discussed attacks online a year before carrying them out | Chris Wilson, Ethan Renner, Jack Smylie and Michal Dziwulski for the Conversation
New research into Brenton Tarrant’s posts on 4chan raises questions about why authorities did not detect them …
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‘A tool of political control’: how India became the world leader in internet blackouts
For the past five years India has shut down the internet more times than any other country affecting over 120 …
- Asia Pacific, Cambodia, Cybercrime, Global development, Human trafficking, Internet, Law, Myanmar, South and Central Asia, Technology, World news
Gangs forcing hundreds of thousands of people into cybercrime in south-east Asia, says UN
Organised criminals use threats, torture and sexual violence to coerce victims to work in international scammi…
- Communism, Global development, India, Inequality, Internet, Literacy, South and Central Asia, Technology, World news
Kerala is rolling out free broadband for its poorest citizens. What’s stopping your government? | Oommen C Kurian
The pandemic showed us how digital divides worsen inequality - this project shows they’re not inevitableDigita…
- 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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Taiwan warns local media against spreading false news from China
Defence ministry says it cannot rule out ‘cognitive warfare tactics’ after disinformation during Chinese drill…