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Facebook confirms data-sharing agreements with Chinese firms
Facebook confirmed to have data-sharing partnership with Chinese firms including Huawei, a company US intelligence previously flagged as a security threat.
The agreements gave the Chinese firms some access to users' data to help them build Facebook "experiences" on their smartphones.
The New York Times reported that Facebook had given at least 60 device-makers access to users' data and their Facebook friends without obtaining explicit consent and that in some cases the details were stored on the firms' own servers.
A report by the committee asked whether the firms were too close to China's Communist Party and its military. It also suggested their products and services could pose a long-term security threat to the US.
Source: BBC #Jun06
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44379593?fbclid=IwAR1pz0PUZpD_MKewFO-ueUimKqZ6I6Ihz3g_DLiUQVTvOX9-KsnBPuoKKzA
#Facebook #DataSharing #FacebookChina
Facebook confirmed to have data-sharing partnership with Chinese firms including Huawei, a company US intelligence previously flagged as a security threat.
The agreements gave the Chinese firms some access to users' data to help them build Facebook "experiences" on their smartphones.
The New York Times reported that Facebook had given at least 60 device-makers access to users' data and their Facebook friends without obtaining explicit consent and that in some cases the details were stored on the firms' own servers.
A report by the committee asked whether the firms were too close to China's Communist Party and its military. It also suggested their products and services could pose a long-term security threat to the US.
Source: BBC #Jun06
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44379593?fbclid=IwAR1pz0PUZpD_MKewFO-ueUimKqZ6I6Ihz3g_DLiUQVTvOX9-KsnBPuoKKzA
#Facebook #DataSharing #FacebookChina
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Why are calls growing to investigate the Wuhan lab leak theory?
There is growing public support among the world’s scientific community for fully exploring the possibility the coronavirus may have emerged from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, leading to the global outbreak that has killed more than 3.7 million people worldwide.
The lab leak theory was largely sidelined in public scientific debate in the early days of the outbreak, after the first cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, were confirmed in the central Chinese city in late 2019.
Source: Aljazeera #Jun06
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/6/calls-to-consider-wuhan-lab-leak-theory-have-grown-why-now
#China #Covid19 #Wuhan #Lab
There is growing public support among the world’s scientific community for fully exploring the possibility the coronavirus may have emerged from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, leading to the global outbreak that has killed more than 3.7 million people worldwide.
The lab leak theory was largely sidelined in public scientific debate in the early days of the outbreak, after the first cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, were confirmed in the central Chinese city in late 2019.
Source: Aljazeera #Jun06
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/6/calls-to-consider-wuhan-lab-leak-theory-have-grown-why-now
#China #Covid19 #Wuhan #Lab
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Hungary's proposed Fudan campus stirred public anger, prime minister promised to hold referendum for public's decision
A proposed campus of China's Fudan University in Budapest, the Hungarian capital, sparked a demonstration by 10,000 people on the 5th of this month against it. Local media later quoted government officials as saying that a referendum was planned for early 2023, at which point the people of Budapest could decide whether they wanted the Fudan campus. Reuters reported that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán promised on Thursday (10) to hold a referendum on a planned campus establishment for Chinese Fudan University.
Hungary will hold a general election early next year, and analysts say Viktor Orbán is shelving the campus project to defuse political tensions.
Hungarian pro-government media quoted Gergely Gulyas, Minister of Office to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, saying that plans for a Fudan campus have not yet begun. He also said that a referendum would be held in Budapest in early 2023 after the plan takes shape, at which point locals can decide whether they want a Fudan campus. In the past, Orbán has given up on promoting unpopular projects, such as a tax on Internet traffic.
Source: Stand News #Jun06
https://bit.ly/3hktw16
#Hungary #FudanUni #Budapest #Orbán
A proposed campus of China's Fudan University in Budapest, the Hungarian capital, sparked a demonstration by 10,000 people on the 5th of this month against it. Local media later quoted government officials as saying that a referendum was planned for early 2023, at which point the people of Budapest could decide whether they wanted the Fudan campus. Reuters reported that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán promised on Thursday (10) to hold a referendum on a planned campus establishment for Chinese Fudan University.
Hungary will hold a general election early next year, and analysts say Viktor Orbán is shelving the campus project to defuse political tensions.
Hungarian pro-government media quoted Gergely Gulyas, Minister of Office to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, saying that plans for a Fudan campus have not yet begun. He also said that a referendum would be held in Budapest in early 2023 after the plan takes shape, at which point locals can decide whether they want a Fudan campus. In the past, Orbán has given up on promoting unpopular projects, such as a tax on Internet traffic.
Source: Stand News #Jun06
https://bit.ly/3hktw16
#Hungary #FudanUni #Budapest #Orbán