Tag: censorship
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In comedy clubs, Chinese women are having the last laugh
From Beijing comedy clubs to New York stages, China’s female comedians are using stand-up to tell new stories about modern…
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Bangladesh Envoy Reassures on India Ties
Hyderabad:Despite perceptions that Dhaka was leaning towards China and normalising ties with Pakistan, Bangladesh high commissioner to India Muhammad Riaz…
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U.S. to boost anti-China spending: Documents
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to ramp up funding by hundreds of millions of dollars for…
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GitHub removes BitChat after government order, Section 79 powers come under scrutiny
On July 23, GoI ordered Microsoft subsidiary GitHub to take down its Bluetooth-based messaging app, BitChat. Issued under Section 79(3)(b)…
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Let’s make China work for us, securely: Building India’s domestic compute, keeping good terms with US
Companies across the world are turning to Chinese open-weight models that now deliver near-frontier capability at a fraction of the…
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The UK Is Planning a Social Media Curfew for 16- and 17-Year-Olds
The United Kingdom will require social media companies to implement a default block for adolescent users aged 16 and 17…
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China is dealing with its own manosphere
To get a flavour of how some university-educated male influencers in China think, log on to Zhihu, a social-media platform,…
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Fast Takes: How not to save Social Security, propagandists run Wikipedia and more commentary
Economist: How Not To Save Social Security New figures show the Social Security trust fund could “be exhausted” by 2032,…
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Elon Musk and Twitter/X at center of global online censorship fight
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! I’ve been online for more than 30 years. Sometime this July,…
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The AI Race Between Washington And Beijing Continues. U.S. Lawmakers Are Scrutinizing The Use Of Chinese Models
As Artificial intelligence becomes another front in the contest between Washington and Beijing, U.S. lawmakers are examining the growing use…
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Wikipedia is battling for the soul of the Internet
Wikipedia is in peril. In a world where trust in truth is crumbling, the grande dame of collective online fact-gathering is…
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Wikipedia is battling for the soul of the internet
The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is viewed on January 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. Free online knowledge site Wikipedia will shut…
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China shuts prominent Tibetan school as crackdown on Tibetan language, culture deepens
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 2 (ANI): China has permanently closed the Hungkar Dorje Vocational High School, a well-known Tibetan…
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China’s AI Data Center Boom: How it Compares to the US
Since generative AI took off around 2022, the boom has opened a new front in the United States and China’s…
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The artful resistance of Artivism
The sun was still soft and faint from rising when Londoners, in the midst of their morning walks and commutes,…
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‘There’s no soul’: Actor Tony Leung weighs in on AI in filmmaking
SHANGHAI – One of the things Hong Kong superstar Tony Leung Chiu-wai likes about acting is the novelty – “you…
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Why Telegram Is Facing A Ban In India: A Look At Its Troubled History
Quite a few countries have kept a tight leash on the Dubai-based messaging platform for years now. China shut it…
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China’s New AI Agent Risks Trapping Western Tech In Rights Abuses: Analysts
Authored by Jarvis Lim via The Epoch Times, China’s new state-backed artificial intelligence (AI) platform threatens to stifle domestic tech innovation…
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Being a woman in China is getting harder. But in Chengdu, female-only spaces are flourishing
In a small, unassuming bookstore in south-west China, a discreet community of women dream of a more equal future. Here…
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Top Picks For Members: May
May was a month of institutions under pressure—and of people trying to decide what still deserves their faith. A fast-food…
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‘Every year I get new pictures’: the fight to preserve the memory of Tiananmen
Discussions about the bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters that took place around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on 4 June, 1989 –…