[Strengthen Great Firewall for 1 Oct 1/3]
Internet Violation Reporting Knowledge Quiz, Attractive Prizes are Awaiting You!
Introduction of the Event:
The Internet Violation Reporting Knowledge Quiz was organised by Shanghai City Committee Internet Information Office (上海市委網信辦), conjoint of Xinmin Wanbao Xinminwang (新民晚報新民網, a website of a newspaper) and Shanghai City Internet Illegal and Negative Information Reporting Centre (上海市互聯網違法和不良訊息舉報中心) of Shanghai Internet Information Research Centre (上海互聯網新聞研究中心).
This Quiz was one of the promotional events in the Internet Reporting Promotion Month (互聯網舉報宣傳月), as well as a major part of 'Report Internet Disorder' action as a sub-activity under 'Fight to be a good Chinese Netizen, Shanghai Netizen in Action' Campaign. Netizen could answer the questions online to understand related knowledge of Internet Reporting, including the target, content, and ways to report.
Period of quiz: 10 - 30 September, 2019
#GreatFirewall #ChinaNationalDay
Internet Violation Reporting Knowledge Quiz, Attractive Prizes are Awaiting You!
Introduction of the Event:
The Internet Violation Reporting Knowledge Quiz was organised by Shanghai City Committee Internet Information Office (上海市委網信辦), conjoint of Xinmin Wanbao Xinminwang (新民晚報新民網, a website of a newspaper) and Shanghai City Internet Illegal and Negative Information Reporting Centre (上海市互聯網違法和不良訊息舉報中心) of Shanghai Internet Information Research Centre (上海互聯網新聞研究中心).
This Quiz was one of the promotional events in the Internet Reporting Promotion Month (互聯網舉報宣傳月), as well as a major part of 'Report Internet Disorder' action as a sub-activity under 'Fight to be a good Chinese Netizen, Shanghai Netizen in Action' Campaign. Netizen could answer the questions online to understand related knowledge of Internet Reporting, including the target, content, and ways to report.
Period of quiz: 10 - 30 September, 2019
#GreatFirewall #ChinaNationalDay
[Strengthen Great Firewall for 1 Oct 2/3]
HU Xijin, Editor-in-chief of Chinese and English editions of the Global Times complained in Weibo that the internet censorship in was too strict which even affect the work of editing in Global Times.
HU believed more room should be allowed as most of the Netizens in China are patriots. The freedom would allow better communications and research.
The post was deleted within 2 hours.
#GreatFirewall #ChinaNationalDay
Source: http://bit.ly/2n3Hexo
HU Xijin, Editor-in-chief of Chinese and English editions of the Global Times complained in Weibo that the internet censorship in was too strict which even affect the work of editing in Global Times.
HU believed more room should be allowed as most of the Netizens in China are patriots. The freedom would allow better communications and research.
The post was deleted within 2 hours.
#GreatFirewall #ChinaNationalDay
Source: http://bit.ly/2n3Hexo
[Strengthen Great Firewall for 1 Oct 3/3]
Hu Xijin’s deleted weibo post
It’s nearly National Day and getting on foreign websites is extremely difficult. It’s even affecting the work of Global Times. I personally feel that this is a bit over the top, and am making a suggestion that I hope will be listened to.
Taking the Mass Line and believing the masses is extremely important. The vast majority of the people love the country and the Party. They have a great ability in terms of political discernment and will hold the line steadfastly. Our country isn’t weak. I suggest we allow a little more interaction between our society and the foreign net. This’ll be beneficial to the maturity of China’s discourse, scientific research, communication with the outside, and also China’s national interest.
Hu’s weibo second weibo post
The post at noon was deleted by myself because it was re-posted quite rapidly. I did not intend to make it a hot post even though I often raise different opinions. I hope all discussion could be rational and all of us could take part in a constructive conversation.
I would also delete this post later. Thank you.
(Content translation of Hu’s weibo screenshots attached)
#ChinaNationalDay #GreatFirewall
Hu Xijin’s deleted weibo post
It’s nearly National Day and getting on foreign websites is extremely difficult. It’s even affecting the work of Global Times. I personally feel that this is a bit over the top, and am making a suggestion that I hope will be listened to.
Taking the Mass Line and believing the masses is extremely important. The vast majority of the people love the country and the Party. They have a great ability in terms of political discernment and will hold the line steadfastly. Our country isn’t weak. I suggest we allow a little more interaction between our society and the foreign net. This’ll be beneficial to the maturity of China’s discourse, scientific research, communication with the outside, and also China’s national interest.
Hu’s weibo second weibo post
The post at noon was deleted by myself because it was re-posted quite rapidly. I did not intend to make it a hot post even though I often raise different opinions. I hope all discussion could be rational and all of us could take part in a constructive conversation.
I would also delete this post later. Thank you.
(Content translation of Hu’s weibo screenshots attached)
#ChinaNationalDay #GreatFirewall
Wikipedia in All Languages Is Now Banned in China
Wikipedia is now completely unaccessible in China.
The Wikimedia Foundation has confirmed that all language editions of Wikipedia have been blocked in mainland China since April 2020.
The move is unexpected to the Wikimedia Foundation, yet China has been actively blocking certain internet sites. For example, Google, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Turkey blocked access to Wikipedia since 2017.
The question we need to think about:
After implementing the new national security law, will HongKongers share the same fate as Mainland China, have our freedom on the internet blocked by the "Great Firewall"?
Are we still free to access foreign social media like Facebook and Twitter?
#China #BannedSocialMedia
#GreatFireWall #Wikipedia
Source:
https://time.com/5589439/china-wikipedia-online-censorship/?amp=true&__twitter_impression=true
Wikipedia is now completely unaccessible in China.
The Wikimedia Foundation has confirmed that all language editions of Wikipedia have been blocked in mainland China since April 2020.
The move is unexpected to the Wikimedia Foundation, yet China has been actively blocking certain internet sites. For example, Google, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Turkey blocked access to Wikipedia since 2017.
The question we need to think about:
After implementing the new national security law, will HongKongers share the same fate as Mainland China, have our freedom on the internet blocked by the "Great Firewall"?
Are we still free to access foreign social media like Facebook and Twitter?
#China #BannedSocialMedia
#GreatFireWall #Wikipedia
Source:
https://time.com/5589439/china-wikipedia-online-censorship/?amp=true&__twitter_impression=true
Time
Wikipedia Is Now Banned in China in All Languages
Wikipedia joins a growing list of websites that cannot be accessed in China
#GreatFireWall #Internet #Censorship
HK Authorities Purportedly Limit Internet Access Through Nation Security Law
The website “Hong Kong Chronicles” released a statement on 7 Jan, 2021, reporting that some netizens in Hong Kong failed to access their website when using internet services providers (ISP) including SmarTone, China Mobile, HKBN and PCCW since 6 Jan, 2021.
It was suspected that these ISPs had blocked the website on the authorities’ request.
The Hong Kong Police said they would not comment on an individual case, but they would act in accordance with the #NationalSecurityLaw. It was understood that the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force for the first time invoked the Cap. 43 of the national security law.
Source: MingPao #Jan8
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%e8%81%9e/article/20210108/s00001/1610093311437
#HongKongChronicles
HK Authorities Purportedly Limit Internet Access Through Nation Security Law
The website “Hong Kong Chronicles” released a statement on 7 Jan, 2021, reporting that some netizens in Hong Kong failed to access their website when using internet services providers (ISP) including SmarTone, China Mobile, HKBN and PCCW since 6 Jan, 2021.
It was suspected that these ISPs had blocked the website on the authorities’ request.
The Hong Kong Police said they would not comment on an individual case, but they would act in accordance with the #NationalSecurityLaw. It was understood that the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force for the first time invoked the Cap. 43 of the national security law.
Source: MingPao #Jan8
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%e8%81%9e/article/20210108/s00001/1610093311437
#HongKongChronicles
#GreatFireWall
Internet Service Provider Comfirms Authorities Use #NationalSecurityLaw to Block Website
Hong Kong Broadband Network (#HKBN), an internet service provider, confirmed on Jan 14, 2021 that the Hong Kong authotities have ordered them to block access to a local website (http://hkchronicles.com) under the national security law.
Article 43 of the national security law gives police the power to order internet service providers to remove any material published online deemed be a national security breach.
Data scientists and civilians in Hong Kong worry that the online censorship will spread to internet news outlets in future.
Source: RTHK; Stand News #Jan14
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1570463-20210114.htm
#HKChronicles
Internet Service Provider Comfirms Authorities Use #NationalSecurityLaw to Block Website
Hong Kong Broadband Network (#HKBN), an internet service provider, confirmed on Jan 14, 2021 that the Hong Kong authotities have ordered them to block access to a local website (http://hkchronicles.com) under the national security law.
Article 43 of the national security law gives police the power to order internet service providers to remove any material published online deemed be a national security breach.
Data scientists and civilians in Hong Kong worry that the online censorship will spread to internet news outlets in future.
Source: RTHK; Stand News #Jan14
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1570463-20210114.htm
#HKChronicles
#GreatFireWall #106Crackdown
#WashingtonPost: First came political crimes. Now, a digital crackdown descends on Hong Kong
Source: Washington Post #Jan12
Image: #HKChronicles
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#WashingtonPost: First came political crimes. Now, a digital crackdown descends on Hong Kong
Source: Washington Post #Jan12
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#GreatFireWall #106Crackdown
#WashingtonPost: First came political crimes. Now, a digital crackdown descends on Hong Kong
//The digital sweep showed how Hong Kong authorities are wielding their new powers under the national security law — introduced last summer — far more widely than the city’s leader promised.
Since the Jan. 6 raids, authorities have blocked at least one website, according to the site’s owner and local media reports, raising concerns that Hong Kong is headed for broader digital surveillance and censorship akin to that in mainland China.
...Shortly after the arrests and device seizures, colleagues and associates of those detained started noticing strange activity on their social media and email accounts.
Ray Chan, a former pro-democracy lawmaker arrested at his home, said he kept receiving confirmation codessent by Telegram to a replacement phone after police confiscated his devices. The codes are used to verify the authenticity of a user trying to log into an account.
Separately, Lam Cheuk-ting and Helena Wong, two former Democratic Party lawmakers, said their staffs received notifications from Google that state-sponsored hackers were trying to breach their work accounts, which are hosted on a Gmail server. The Google alerts arrived just after their arrests, once their devices were in the hands of police.
“It is a redo of the Great Firewall,” said Lokman Tsui, an assistant professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong who specializes in privacy and online communications. “They are testing the waters for now, so the results are uneven — but it is a question of when and how, not if.”
Glacier Kwong, founder of Keyboard Frontline, which tracks digital rights in Hong Kong, said the government clearly intends to crack down on one of the last free spaces for dissent.
“The government has actually set a precedent,” Kwong said. “As long as it is not to the liking of the regime, a website can be blocked without any reason under the national security law, which is a clear blow to the freedom of the Internet, freedom of information and freedom of speech.”//
Read the full article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/hong-kong-national-security-law-internet/2021/01/12/01738064-53b6-11eb-acc5-92d2819a1ccb_story.html
Source: Washington Post #Jan12
#CyberSecurity #PoliceState #HKChronicles #Internet
#WashingtonPost: First came political crimes. Now, a digital crackdown descends on Hong Kong
//The digital sweep showed how Hong Kong authorities are wielding their new powers under the national security law — introduced last summer — far more widely than the city’s leader promised.
Since the Jan. 6 raids, authorities have blocked at least one website, according to the site’s owner and local media reports, raising concerns that Hong Kong is headed for broader digital surveillance and censorship akin to that in mainland China.
...Shortly after the arrests and device seizures, colleagues and associates of those detained started noticing strange activity on their social media and email accounts.
Ray Chan, a former pro-democracy lawmaker arrested at his home, said he kept receiving confirmation codessent by Telegram to a replacement phone after police confiscated his devices. The codes are used to verify the authenticity of a user trying to log into an account.
Separately, Lam Cheuk-ting and Helena Wong, two former Democratic Party lawmakers, said their staffs received notifications from Google that state-sponsored hackers were trying to breach their work accounts, which are hosted on a Gmail server. The Google alerts arrived just after their arrests, once their devices were in the hands of police.
“It is a redo of the Great Firewall,” said Lokman Tsui, an assistant professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong who specializes in privacy and online communications. “They are testing the waters for now, so the results are uneven — but it is a question of when and how, not if.”
Glacier Kwong, founder of Keyboard Frontline, which tracks digital rights in Hong Kong, said the government clearly intends to crack down on one of the last free spaces for dissent.
“The government has actually set a precedent,” Kwong said. “As long as it is not to the liking of the regime, a website can be blocked without any reason under the national security law, which is a clear blow to the freedom of the Internet, freedom of information and freedom of speech.”//
Read the full article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/hong-kong-national-security-law-internet/2021/01/12/01738064-53b6-11eb-acc5-92d2819a1ccb_story.html
Source: Washington Post #Jan12
#CyberSecurity #PoliceState #HKChronicles #Internet
#Censorship #GreatFireWall
Authorities Appoint Body to Ban Websites "Interrupting" Hong Kong Government's Operation
Source: Stand News #Jan15
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Authorities Appoint Body to Ban Websites "Interrupting" Hong Kong Government's Operation
Source: Stand News #Jan15
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Authorities Appoint Body to Ban Websites "Interrupting" Hong Kong Government's Operation
The Hong Kong government designates Hong Kong Internet Registration Corp. (#HKIRC) to undertake the administration of internet domain names under the “.hk” (in Chinese and English) code.
The “Domain Name Registration Acceptable Use Policy” has been recently amended. The document states that the requirements of domain name registration include: “not to violate the law in any way”, “not to abuse public interest (including but not limited to harass the Hong Kong government’s operation)”, as well as not to include any words “advocating violence” and “the crime of incitement”.
From 28 January 2021 onwards, the domain name registration will be rejected and disclosed to the law enforcement authority if any violation is found.
As half of the HKIRC board directors were appointed by the Government, Wong Ho-Wa, lawmaker of the Information Technology functional constituency, said the body might take a defensive approach to avoid any involvement in controversial issues owing to the National Security Law (#NSL) enactment.
Wong added that websites could change to a new domain name if the domain name of “.hk” was not rejected. He emphasized that one should not to rationalize an unreasonable system.
Source: Stand News #Jan15
https://bit.ly/3nMYdNR
#MassSurveillance #Internet #DomainNamd
Authorities Appoint Body to Ban Websites "Interrupting" Hong Kong Government's Operation
The Hong Kong government designates Hong Kong Internet Registration Corp. (#HKIRC) to undertake the administration of internet domain names under the “.hk” (in Chinese and English) code.
The “Domain Name Registration Acceptable Use Policy” has been recently amended. The document states that the requirements of domain name registration include: “not to violate the law in any way”, “not to abuse public interest (including but not limited to harass the Hong Kong government’s operation)”, as well as not to include any words “advocating violence” and “the crime of incitement”.
From 28 January 2021 onwards, the domain name registration will be rejected and disclosed to the law enforcement authority if any violation is found.
As half of the HKIRC board directors were appointed by the Government, Wong Ho-Wa, lawmaker of the Information Technology functional constituency, said the body might take a defensive approach to avoid any involvement in controversial issues owing to the National Security Law (#NSL) enactment.
Wong added that websites could change to a new domain name if the domain name of “.hk” was not rejected. He emphasized that one should not to rationalize an unreasonable system.
Source: Stand News #Jan15
https://bit.ly/3nMYdNR
#MassSurveillance #Internet #DomainNamd
#GreatFireWall #Censorship
Hong Kong Authorities Purportedly Block the Website of Taiwan's Transitional Justice Commission
The official website of the Transitional Justice Commission (https://www.tjc.gov.tw/), established in Taiwan in 2018, is reportedly blocked in Hong Kong, as on Feb 12, 2021.
The Stand News reveals that it is impossible to connect to the website via Internet providers in Hong Kong including HKT, China Mobile, Smarttone and CSL.
On Feb 12, 2021, the Security Bureau of the Hong Kong Government gave a written reply to the media inquiry that they will not comment on any guess on police operation; while the police orally refused to reply and claimed that any response from the Security Bureau is "accurate".
The Stand News managed to access the said website via VPN connected to servers outside of Hong Kong with IP addresses such as in Japan and Taiwan.
Source: Stand News #Feb12
https://bit.ly/3tSSMkw
#FailedState #FreeSpeech #Internet #Taiwan #TransitionalJusticeCommission
Hong Kong Authorities Purportedly Block the Website of Taiwan's Transitional Justice Commission
The official website of the Transitional Justice Commission (https://www.tjc.gov.tw/), established in Taiwan in 2018, is reportedly blocked in Hong Kong, as on Feb 12, 2021.
The Stand News reveals that it is impossible to connect to the website via Internet providers in Hong Kong including HKT, China Mobile, Smarttone and CSL.
On Feb 12, 2021, the Security Bureau of the Hong Kong Government gave a written reply to the media inquiry that they will not comment on any guess on police operation; while the police orally refused to reply and claimed that any response from the Security Bureau is "accurate".
The Stand News managed to access the said website via VPN connected to servers outside of Hong Kong with IP addresses such as in Japan and Taiwan.
Source: Stand News #Feb12
https://bit.ly/3tSSMkw
#FailedState #FreeSpeech #Internet #Taiwan #TransitionalJusticeCommission
#GreatFireWall #WhiteTerror
HK Security Secretary Connects Sympathy to Participation; LIHKG to be probed
Source: Stand News; RTHK #Jul6
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HK Security Secretary Connects Sympathy to Participation; LIHKG to be probed
Source: Stand News; RTHK #Jul6
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#GreatFireWall #WhiteTerror
HK Security Secretary Connects Sympathy to Participation; LIHKG to be probed
In a meeting in Hong Kong's Legislative Council that is dominated by pro-Beijing lawmakers on July 6, 2021, Secretary for Security #ChrisTang referred the 2019 pro-democracy movement to "color revolution" that aimed at subverting the regime. The former police commissioner also urged citizens to condemn and report.
Tang said, "We will make not only the terrorists, but also the supporters and those who attempt to tone it down, live like rats."
On July 1, 2021, a 50-year-old Hong Kong man called #LeungKinFai died after knifing a police officer and stabbing himself reportedly on the chest. In following days, many Hongkongers mourned the man and brought flowers to the site.
The authorities claimed that mourning as well as posting comments about the man's death could breach the #NationalSecurityLaw.
Law professor #JohannesChan at the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) disagreed and pointed out that mourning the deceased out of sympathy is not a criminal act. Chan criticized that the "red line" drawn by the government is "way too unreasonable".
Secretary for Security Chris Tang, however, insisted that sympathy is a form of support and support is a form of participation.
Tang said, "depending on individual cases, we will see whether we have evidence to make arrests and take our prosecutions."
With reference to Prof Chan, Tang said, "I hope this legal scholar can sleep at night. because you might have painted Hong Kong in blood."
In addition, Tang said that the next target is the Internet Forum #LIHKG because it is "filled with illegal information". Tang claimed that authorities will make arrests and force the websites and the users to remove their messages.
Source: Stand News; RTHK #Jul6
https://thestandnews.page.link/WGcVhQPd8JEWUhrK6
#StateTerrorism #Article23 #Censorship #HongKongProtests #Mourning #Death #Martyr
HK Security Secretary Connects Sympathy to Participation; LIHKG to be probed
In a meeting in Hong Kong's Legislative Council that is dominated by pro-Beijing lawmakers on July 6, 2021, Secretary for Security #ChrisTang referred the 2019 pro-democracy movement to "color revolution" that aimed at subverting the regime. The former police commissioner also urged citizens to condemn and report.
Tang said, "We will make not only the terrorists, but also the supporters and those who attempt to tone it down, live like rats."
On July 1, 2021, a 50-year-old Hong Kong man called #LeungKinFai died after knifing a police officer and stabbing himself reportedly on the chest. In following days, many Hongkongers mourned the man and brought flowers to the site.
The authorities claimed that mourning as well as posting comments about the man's death could breach the #NationalSecurityLaw.
Law professor #JohannesChan at the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) disagreed and pointed out that mourning the deceased out of sympathy is not a criminal act. Chan criticized that the "red line" drawn by the government is "way too unreasonable".
Secretary for Security Chris Tang, however, insisted that sympathy is a form of support and support is a form of participation.
Tang said, "depending on individual cases, we will see whether we have evidence to make arrests and take our prosecutions."
With reference to Prof Chan, Tang said, "I hope this legal scholar can sleep at night. because you might have painted Hong Kong in blood."
In addition, Tang said that the next target is the Internet Forum #LIHKG because it is "filled with illegal information". Tang claimed that authorities will make arrests and force the websites and the users to remove their messages.
Source: Stand News; RTHK #Jul6
https://thestandnews.page.link/WGcVhQPd8JEWUhrK6
#StateTerrorism #Article23 #Censorship #HongKongProtests #Mourning #Death #Martyr
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Hong Kong Police Orders Pro-democracy Group to Delete Content from All Digital Platforms
On September 16, 2021, Hong Kong police ordered The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China to remove the content of their website, Facebook page and other digital platform.
This is followed by the arrests of the group's directors, who were charged with the subversion of state, and the police raid of the June 4 museum, which was previously run by the group.
The Alliance is a pro-democracy organization established in Hong Kong which had been organizing the annual candlelight vigil commemorating the victims of the 1989 June 4 Tiananmen Massacre for 30 years.
The order was sent by a letter issued by the police commissioner on September 10. The organization was given 7 days to erase the content on all their digital platforms.
Source: Stand News #Sept16
https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/4544250728993845/
#PoliticalSuppression #Censorship #June4 #GreatFireWall #Internet
On September 16, 2021, Hong Kong police ordered The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China to remove the content of their website, Facebook page and other digital platform.
This is followed by the arrests of the group's directors, who were charged with the subversion of state, and the police raid of the June 4 museum, which was previously run by the group.
The Alliance is a pro-democracy organization established in Hong Kong which had been organizing the annual candlelight vigil commemorating the victims of the 1989 June 4 Tiananmen Massacre for 30 years.
The order was sent by a letter issued by the police commissioner on September 10. The organization was given 7 days to erase the content on all their digital platforms.
Source: Stand News #Sept16
https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/4544250728993845/
#PoliticalSuppression #Censorship #June4 #GreatFireWall #Internet
#Pandemic #CCPLies
Spending on #PCR tests in China soared months before first #COVID19 cases revealed: Report
//Spending on tests used to detect coronavirus in China’s Hubei Province soared in the months before official reports of COVID-19 first emerged, suggesting the virus was spreading in the northern summer of 2019, well before it was publicly acknowledged by the Chinese government.
The data, compiled by Australian cyber security outfit #Internet2.0, showed that the sale of polymerase chain reaction tests – used to detect the presence of specific viruses – jumped to 67.4 million yuan ($14.3 million) in 2019, from 36.7 million yuan in 2018, and 29.1 million in 2017.
“We have come to the conclusion that based on the data analysed it suggests the virus was highly likely to be spreading virulently in Wuhan, China as early as the summer of 2019 and definitely by the early autumn,” the report states.//
Read full article:
https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/spending-on-pcr-tests-in-china-soared-months-before-covid-19-revealed-20211005-p58x89.html
Source: The Age #Oct5
#Regime #GreatFireWall #Wuhan WuhanPneumonia
Spending on #PCR tests in China soared months before first #COVID19 cases revealed: Report
//Spending on tests used to detect coronavirus in China’s Hubei Province soared in the months before official reports of COVID-19 first emerged, suggesting the virus was spreading in the northern summer of 2019, well before it was publicly acknowledged by the Chinese government.
The data, compiled by Australian cyber security outfit #Internet2.0, showed that the sale of polymerase chain reaction tests – used to detect the presence of specific viruses – jumped to 67.4 million yuan ($14.3 million) in 2019, from 36.7 million yuan in 2018, and 29.1 million in 2017.
“We have come to the conclusion that based on the data analysed it suggests the virus was highly likely to be spreading virulently in Wuhan, China as early as the summer of 2019 and definitely by the early autumn,” the report states.//
Read full article:
https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/spending-on-pcr-tests-in-china-soared-months-before-covid-19-revealed-20211005-p58x89.html
Source: The Age #Oct5
#Regime #GreatFireWall #Wuhan WuhanPneumonia
The Age
Spending on PCR tests in China soared months before first COVID-19 cases revealed: report
A new study by an Australian cyber security firm concludes the COVID-19 “virus was highly likely to be spreading virulently in Wuhan, China as early as the summer of 2019”.
#IntellectualProperty
Illegal downloads of #Netflix #Korea's original series "#SquidGame" are circulating in #China with #Mandarin subtitle
//Netflix is not available in China. Technically, people in China shouldn't be able to access the series due to the nation’s #GreatFirewall, but many are watching it anyway through illegal streaming and download websites.
Many Koreans are expressing disdain toward the rampant online piracy of Korean content in China, and the popularity of “Squid Game” has made the issue much more tangible...
“Even though Netflix is not available in China and the Chinese government has been pushing back against Korean content in recent years, there are always websites that distribute Korean shows illegally,” said Park Kyung-suk, a history professor at Yonsei University who specializes in modern Chinese history.
“When I was living in China, I found out some websites even charge money for Korean content that they pirated. Even when a website gets taken down, another one springs up right away.”
According to the Korea Copyright Protection Agency, China is the top country of illegally distributing Korean cultural content — including television shows, films, webtoons and music — over the past five years. From 2017 until September this year, over 85,000 of the total 411,319 cases of copyright violation regarding Korean content happened in China, followed by the Philippines and Vietnam. Although not surprising considering China’s vast population, many Koreans express disdain that such a large viewership is consuming Korea’s intellectual property illegally.
“The disdain boils down to the fact that although China consumes a large volume of Korean content, the Korean firms that created them receive none of the profit that they rightfully deserve,” said Lee Gyu-tag, an associate professor of cultural studies at George Mason University Korea.//
Source: Korea JoongAng Daily #Oct6
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2021/10/06/entertainment/television/squid-game-china-netflix-dalgona/20211006171306929.html
#StreamingWebsite #Illegal #CCP #Merchandise #Taobao #Copyright
Illegal downloads of #Netflix #Korea's original series "#SquidGame" are circulating in #China with #Mandarin subtitle
//Netflix is not available in China. Technically, people in China shouldn't be able to access the series due to the nation’s #GreatFirewall, but many are watching it anyway through illegal streaming and download websites.
Many Koreans are expressing disdain toward the rampant online piracy of Korean content in China, and the popularity of “Squid Game” has made the issue much more tangible...
“Even though Netflix is not available in China and the Chinese government has been pushing back against Korean content in recent years, there are always websites that distribute Korean shows illegally,” said Park Kyung-suk, a history professor at Yonsei University who specializes in modern Chinese history.
“When I was living in China, I found out some websites even charge money for Korean content that they pirated. Even when a website gets taken down, another one springs up right away.”
According to the Korea Copyright Protection Agency, China is the top country of illegally distributing Korean cultural content — including television shows, films, webtoons and music — over the past five years. From 2017 until September this year, over 85,000 of the total 411,319 cases of copyright violation regarding Korean content happened in China, followed by the Philippines and Vietnam. Although not surprising considering China’s vast population, many Koreans express disdain that such a large viewership is consuming Korea’s intellectual property illegally.
“The disdain boils down to the fact that although China consumes a large volume of Korean content, the Korean firms that created them receive none of the profit that they rightfully deserve,” said Lee Gyu-tag, an associate professor of cultural studies at George Mason University Korea.//
Source: Korea JoongAng Daily #Oct6
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2021/10/06/entertainment/television/squid-game-china-netflix-dalgona/20211006171306929.html
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Not even the Great Firewall of China can keep out 'Squid Game'
The popularity of Netflix Korea’s original series “Squid Game” seems to know no bounds, even proving to be a hit in China. The keyword “Squid Game” garnered more than 1.7 billion hits on Chinese social media platform Weibo as of Monday, and ...
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Hong Kong government considers blocking social platform Telegram
Sources: Headline Daily, Bloomberg; #May19
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Sources: Headline Daily, Bloomberg; #May19
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Hong Kong government considers blocking social platform Telegram
Hong Kong's Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data is considering invoking regulations to restrict access to #Telegram, a popular social media platform it found to be "rampant" with doxxing.
Such an action, if taken, is likely to stoke fears that the #NationalSecurityLaw will further encroach on civil liberties, as part of a continuing effort by Beijing to exert its influence over the city.
It’s unclear how the privacy watchdog intends to carry out such an action. The authorities may choose to fully block public access, or remove the app from the city’s stores.
Francis Fong Po-kiu, honorary president of the Hong Kong Information Technology Federation, noted that it is technically difficult to ban public access of an internet platform.
Fong cited Russia's attempt to sanction Telegram in 2018 by blocking its IP addresses, which failed because IP addresses of such platforms are constantly changing. The action caused collateral damage, however, accidentally taking down unrelated websites and causing disruptions. Russia ultimately gave up and unblocked the app in 2020.
Telegram channels are still widely used in Hong Kong to help residents stay up-to-date on court cases involving pro-democracy activists, a means for 2019 anti-government protest supporters to stay connected amid a crackdown on dissent by the authorities.
Sources: Headline Daily
https://tinyurl.com/y69mnux4
Bloomberg:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-17/hong-kong-considers-blocking-telegram-local-paper-says
#May19 #GreatFirewall #Suppression
Hong Kong government considers blocking social platform Telegram
Hong Kong's Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data is considering invoking regulations to restrict access to #Telegram, a popular social media platform it found to be "rampant" with doxxing.
Such an action, if taken, is likely to stoke fears that the #NationalSecurityLaw will further encroach on civil liberties, as part of a continuing effort by Beijing to exert its influence over the city.
It’s unclear how the privacy watchdog intends to carry out such an action. The authorities may choose to fully block public access, or remove the app from the city’s stores.
Francis Fong Po-kiu, honorary president of the Hong Kong Information Technology Federation, noted that it is technically difficult to ban public access of an internet platform.
Fong cited Russia's attempt to sanction Telegram in 2018 by blocking its IP addresses, which failed because IP addresses of such platforms are constantly changing. The action caused collateral damage, however, accidentally taking down unrelated websites and causing disruptions. Russia ultimately gave up and unblocked the app in 2020.
Telegram channels are still widely used in Hong Kong to help residents stay up-to-date on court cases involving pro-democracy activists, a means for 2019 anti-government protest supporters to stay connected amid a crackdown on dissent by the authorities.
Sources: Headline Daily
https://tinyurl.com/y69mnux4
Bloomberg:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-17/hong-kong-considers-blocking-telegram-local-paper-says
#May19 #GreatFirewall #Suppression
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China Censors Internet Show because of a Cake
The live stream of a popular Chinese KOL called Austin Li was censored in China on June 3, 2022. His Internet show was suspended reportedly due to the showcase of a cake that resembled a military tank on the eve of June 4.
On June 4, 1989, the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) government sent troops and tanks to "clear" the pro-democracy protest at #TiananmenSquare, killing and wounding many civilians.
The said KOL did not post any news on his social media platform since; meanwhile, the "tank cake" becomes a popular search word on the Chinese Internet.
Source: Radio Free Asia #June7
https://www.facebook.com/cantonese.rfa/photos/a.454006908007166/7509501685790951/
#GreatFireWall #June4 #Censorship
The live stream of a popular Chinese KOL called Austin Li was censored in China on June 3, 2022. His Internet show was suspended reportedly due to the showcase of a cake that resembled a military tank on the eve of June 4.
On June 4, 1989, the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) government sent troops and tanks to "clear" the pro-democracy protest at #TiananmenSquare, killing and wounding many civilians.
The said KOL did not post any news on his social media platform since; meanwhile, the "tank cake" becomes a popular search word on the Chinese Internet.
Source: Radio Free Asia #June7
https://www.facebook.com/cantonese.rfa/photos/a.454006908007166/7509501685790951/
#GreatFireWall #June4 #Censorship