#Newspaper

Twitter and TikTok in fake news firing line

//China’s political manipulation of social media sites has prompted a swift response from the Morrison government.

//In early 2019, a delegation of senior Australian government officials travelled to Shenzhen, China, where they were permitted into a gleaming, two-towered building in the city’s far west.

//The AEC’s idea was to open the lines of communication with the social media player, recognising the platform as a potential conduit for disinformation ahead of the May 18, 2019 federal election.

//Similar meetings took place in Silicon Valley with Twitter, Facebook and Google. But recognising #WeChat’s two million-plus user base in #Australia

//#Tencent was “receptive”, Rogers says, opening the way for a “collaborative relationship” during the 2019 campaign.

//However, just over 12 months later, an explosion of fake news around the world and the rise of misinformation and foreign government interference across almost all the biggest social media platforms has infuriated the Morrison government

//Twitter released an archive of 23,750 suspended accounts connected to Chinese state-backed ­information operations... These accounts aimed to sow discord across several fronts — including propaganda against Hong Kong protesters who are portrayed repeatedly as violent and referred to as “cockroaches”, and in linking the COVID-19 outbreak to Hong Kong or the US.

//Twitter is banned in China, but most of the misinformation is aimed at the Chinese-speaking ­diaspora, including in Australia.

//WeChat has an estimated 2.9 million Australian users. Australian political parties believe the platform has the potential to affect election results in up to six federal seats, which have high numbers of Chinese-Australian voters.

//Its aim is to use Australian ­diplomacy... to call out disinformation and shame the state actors behind fake news.

//the use of social media platforms in Australia “that are extensions of social platforms in authoritarian states” pose a particular problem.

//foreign state-sponsored social media campaigns can be conducted at any time in response to geopolitical developments, not just during elections.

//Australia needs to spend less on submarines and more on bolstering cyber defences and weeding out disinformation from strategic rivals, including China.

//“China is also being blamed for COVID-19, so they are reaching out around the globe to try and control these narratives,”

//The government has also tasked communications watchdog ACMA with developing a new #misinformation and news quality code of practice, in a bid to reduce the impact of fake news.

Full Article: The Australian, (11-Jul)

#ChinesePlatform #FakeNews #Tiktok #cyberdefence #SocialMedia #Election #Coronavirus #propaganda

India bans 118 more Chinese apps: Tencent's "PUBG" and Alipay on the list

India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEIT) announced the banning of 118 more Chinese applications on September 2, including the popular Tencent mobile game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG). Other apps including Alipay, AlipayHK, search engine Baidu, several dating websites and even selfie-editing apps were also on the list.

In its statement, MEIT alleged that the 118 banned apps promote activities that are “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, Defence of India, Security of State and Public Order”. PUBG is popular among young people in India with an estimated several million players.

The worst bloodshed between India and China in 45 years broke out at the border earlier in June, leaving at least 20 Indian soldiers dead. The media reported that the PLA raided with spiked clubs, but Indian soldiers met the attack with only fists and stones. The two sides fought for up to seven hours, with the conflict taking place on a steep mountain ridge, resulting in many soldiers from both sides falling off the cliff and freezing to death. Since then, tensions between the two sides have grown and eventually India announced a ban on 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok.

Source: Apple Daily #Sep02

https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200902/F5RRTGMUCVDDFN2HXEECBB4WSQ/

#India #ChineseMobileApps #Tencent #PlayersUnknownBattleground #PUBG #Alipay #AlipayHK #TikTok #SinoIndianBorderConflict

WeChat Becomes a Powerful Surveillance Tool Everywhere in China

WeChat has become one of the most powerful tools in Beijing’s arsenal for monitoring the public, censoring speech and punishing people who voice discontent with the government. Its dominance in Chinese society has become more entrenched in 2020 due to remote working and learning during the coronavirus pandemic.

Tencent and Alibaba developed health-rating systems for government as one of the main contact-tracing tools to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The health codes embedded within WeChat and Alipay have become essential passes in China for entering residences, office buildings and accessing public transportation.

WeChat uses client-to-server encryption, which grants Tencent full access to data between senders and recipients, as opposed to end-to-end encryption, said Fergus Ryan, an analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank created by the Australian government.

China’s internet firewall has long blocked foreign sites and messaging apps, including Google, WhatsApp, Telegram and Facebook, but these can be accessed via virtual private networks (VPN).

“Some of my friends and clients switch to Signal or FaceTime for sensitive conversations. Still, for the majority of people, they don’t think it’s absolutely necessary to get over the firewall for daily communications,” said Zhang Qingfang, a Beijing-based human-rights lawyer.

Source: WSJ #Dec22

https://www.wsj.com/articles/wechat-becomes-a-powerful-surveillance-tool-everywhere-in-china-11608633003

#HealthCode #WeChat #Tencent #Alibaba #Censorship

Of course we have #memes to go with that heavy piece of info

In short: digital yuan is just more ways for ccp to control its people.

#ccp #digitalcurrency #digitalyuan #china #jackma #tencent #alibaba #wechatpay #diyms #english

China targets Alibaba with anti-monopoly investigation

Chinese regulators have launched an anti-monopoly investigation into Alibaba and the state market supervision administration on December 24 2020 said it had filed an investigation into Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd over “suspected monopolistic practices”.

The People’s Bank of China, China Banking Regulatory Commission, China Securities Regulatory Commission and State Administration of Foreign Exchange said they would also meet Ant Group founded by Jack Ma for “supervisory and guidance” talks.

Shares in e-commerce company plummet, with financial spinoff Ant Group also called in for ‘supervisory’ talks with authorities

Beijing curbs increasing power of tech giants, Alibaba and TenCent.

In November 2020, Ant Group’s world largest IPO was halted by Chinese authorities 48 hours before trading would have begun in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Source: The Guardian #Dec24

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/24/china-targets-alibaba-with-anti-monopoly-investigation

#JackMa #Alibaba #TenCent #China

#CCP is enacting its plan of pocketing all tech data, tech giants / entrepreneurs will have to listen to Big Brother's orders. Long story short: Chinese apps will become CCP apps, your data will become CCP's data.
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#China #JackMA #WeChat #Bytedance #Tencent #privacy #english #diyms

Chinese leader #XiJinping is clamping down on Chinese companies one after another. He is afraid that they might become too big and cannot be controlled. The newest target to watch is #Tencent, a tech giant in China that makes the WeChat messaging app.

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