Kina
Blizzard Sets Off Backlash for Penalizing Hearthstone Gamer in Hong Kong - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/world/asia/blizzard-hearthstone-hong-kong.html
the latest American company to find itself caught between its business interests in China and the values of its core customers
Revealed: how TikTok censors videos that do not please Beijing - Technology - The Guardian
Leak spells out how social media app advances China’s foreign policy aims
Australia concluded China was behind hack on parliament, political parties – Reuters
The report, which also included input from the Department of Foreign Affairs, recommended keeping the findings secret in order to avoid disrupting trade relations with Beijing
TikTok’s Beijing roots fuel censorship suspicion as it builds a huge U.S. audience - The Washington Post
Hong Kong unrest features prominently on most social media, but not on TikTok
Sources say China used iPhone hacks to target Uyghur Muslims - TechCrunch
Facebook og Twitter straffer Kina etter påvirkningsoperasjon i Hongkong – NRKBeta
Facebook- og Twitterkontoer med opprinnelse i Kina [har] spredt og videreformidlet innhold som framstiller demonstrasjonene i Hongkong som ekstreme og voldelige.
Free VPN App Investigation
https://www.top10vpn.com/free-vpn-app-investigation/
Over half of the most popular free VPN apps are run by secretive companies with hidden Chinese ownership. Very few do enough to earn the trust of the privacy-conscious.
Hong Kong Protests Show Dangers of a Cashless Society – Reason.com
https://reason.com/2019/07/02/hong-kong-protests-show-dangers-of-a-cashless-society/
Many digital payments can be tracked, potentially assisting an authoritarian crackdown.
How U.S. Tech Giants Are Helping to Build China’s Surveillance State
https://theintercept.com/2019/07/11/china-surveillance-google-ibm-semptian/
Chinese state security agencies are likely using the technology to target human rights activists, pro-democracy advocates, and critics of President Xi Jinping’s regime