TikTok Reverses Ban on Teen Who Slammed China’s Muslim Crackdown - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/27/technology/tiktok-censorship-apology.html

The video app said it would review its policies after a 17-year-old in New Jersey who discussed Chinese detention camps was locked out of her account

‘Absolutely No Mercy’: Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detentions of Muslims - THE XINJIANG PAPERS - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/16/world/asia/china-xinjiang-documents.html

one of the most significant leaks of government papers from inside China’s ruling Communist Party in decades. They provide an unprecedented inside view of the continuing clampdown in Xinjiang, in which the authorities have corralled as many as a million ethnic Uighurs, Kazakhs and others into internment camps and prisons over the past three years.

All the international brands that have apologized to China - SupChina

https://signal.supchina.com/all-the-international-brands-that-have-apologized-to-china/

to maintain their market access in China in recent years. Plus, a record of the even more widespread phenomenon of self-censorship for the Chinese market.

TikTok: U.S. views on censorship were often overridden by Chinese bosses - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/11/05/inside-tiktok-culture-clash-where-us-views-about-censorship-often-were-overridden-by-chinese-bosses/

former employees who worked in the company’s U.S. offices as recently as this spring said they were instructed to follow rules set by managers at ByteDance’s Beijing headquarters, such as demoting and removing content related to social and political topics, including those censored by the Chinese government

Security researcher gets access to all Xiaomi FurryTail pet feeders around the world - ZDNet

https://www.zdnet.com/article/security-researcher-gets-access-to-all-furrytail-pet-feeders-around-the-world/

China Wants Communist Party Members to Pledge Loyalty on Blockchain - CoinDesk

https://www.coindesk.com/china-wants-communist-party-members-to-pledge-loyalty-on-blockchain

TikTok app poses potential national security risk, says senior Democrat - Technology - The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/24/tiktok-foreign-interference-chuck-schumer-tom-cotton

TikTok reportedly censors materials deemed politically sensitive to the Chinese Communist party, including content related to the recent Hong Kong protests, as well as references to Tiananmen Square, Tibetan and Taiwanese independence, and the treatment of the Uighurs.

China Sharpens Hacking to Hound Its Minorities, Far and Wide - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/technology/china-hackers-ethnic-minorities.html

showing a new determination by Beijing to push its surveillance state beyond its borders.

America blacklists China’s best artificial-intelligence firms

https://www.economist.com/business/2019/10/09/america-blacklists-chinas-best-artificial-intelligence-firms

The move, linked to repression in Xinjiang, strikes at the heart of China’s technological ambitions

Blizzard Boycott After Hearthstone Player Punished For Hong Kong Protest Support

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/blizzard-boycott-hong-kong

people who play Blizzard games have started a boycott movement over what’s being called a cowardly act of censorship in favor of the Chinese government.