カテゴリー: Internet
Tech firm, which just launched its IPO in New York, is latest online giant to be targeted by Chinese authoritiesChina’s internet regulator has launched an investigation into one of the country’s biggest ride-hailing services, Didi, two days after the c…
News follows disclosure of competition case brought by small traders against US tech giant and family-run Indian joint venture CloudtailA joint venture between Rishi Sunak’s billionaire in-laws and the internet retailing giant Amazon is in a multimilli…
Inquiry will include company’s £1bn-a-year joint venture with Rishi Sunak’s father-in-lawThe Indian competition commission is to relaunch an investigation into Amazon’s selling practices, which will examine the company’s £1bn-a-year joint venture with …
Qiu Ziming imprisoned under 2018 law outlawing the defamation of ‘heroes and martyrs’A Chinese court has jailed a popular blogger over posts suggesting the death toll among Chinese soldiers in a China-Indian border clash last year was higher than claim…
Lawmakers and rights activists say removals risk people’s health and harms freedom of speechThe removal of dozens of tweets seen to be critical of the Indian government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic is putting people’s health at risk and quash…
Public encouraged to report internet users who cast doubt on party’s version of history ahead of its 100th anniversaryChina’s cyber regulator has launched a hotline to report online criticism of the ruling Communist party and its history, vowing to cra…
Everything from online news to social media and streaming platforms are captured by the regulations, branded ‘palpably illegal’ by opponentsNot long before he was elected as India’s prime minister in 2014, Narendra Modi spoke of his dreams of a “digita…
Draft human rights council resolution stops short of condemnation in effort to keep Russia and China on boardThe UK and EU want the UN human rights council to “strongly deplore” the military coup in Myanmar and urgently demand access for monitors when …
US social media platform that allows users to discuss sensitive subjects falls foul of China’s censorsChinese authorities have blocked domestic access to the audio-only social media app Clubhouse after it attracted untold numbers of Chinese people to u…
Government claimed accounts of news sites, actors and activists sought to foment violence amid farmer protestsHundreds of Indian Twitter accounts including those belonging to news websites, activists and actors were suspended for more than 12 hours on …
Writers including Salman Rushdie express anger after journalist Salil Tripathi has account suspendedTwitter has been accused of censoring the prominent Indian journalist Salil Tripathi by suspending his account, after he tweeted on subjects including t…
Frantic stock sell-offs across sector anticipating ‘monopoly’ rules, with Alibaba shopping site shares falling 9.8%Hundreds of millions of dollars have been wiped off the value of China’s biggest internet companies following two days of frenetic sellin…
Hidden Corner has rapidly become one of the country’s most discussed and watched showsIn the hit Chinese web series, Hidden Corner, a children’s song presages the show’s most violent moments.“Under the blue, blue skies, in the silver river is a small w…