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Freelance journalist and Researcher covering digital freedoms in Asia-Pacific.

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China's digital imperialism: Shaping the global internet

China's digital imperialism: Shaping the global internet

China has been quietly exporting its system of online control - in both technique and proprietary technology …

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The unintended consequences of information control

The unintended consequences of information control

Following four weeks of intermittent access, social media services were finally restored across Sri Lanka on …

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Commentary: China's great leap forward in data protection

Commentary: China's great leap forward in data protection

Policymakers in Beijing have moved forward in articulating a nationwide data protection scheme with implicati…

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Indonesia presidential polls marred by fake news crisis

Indonesia presidential polls marred by fake news crisis

FOR THE first time in Indonesia's history, the president, vice president, and constituents of the People's Co…

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Plans for Censored Chinese Search Engine Opposed by Google Employees

Plans for Censored Chinese Search Engine Opposed by Google Employees

Plans for a state-sanctioned re-entry into the Chinese market have “effectively ended” following virulent opp…

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Landmark laws: data brokers and the future of US privacy regulation

Landmark laws: data brokers and the future of US privacy regulation

Vermont's new law on data brokers has revealed an expansive registry of secretive firms profiting from your c…

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Ten words that defined 2020, according to Chinese internet users

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By Jiayun Feng, John Sakellariadis Verified, Dylan Levi King, William Chalk
| SupChina Verified
2. Balance-owed people (尾款人 wěikuǎnrén) 2020 has been a breakthrough year for China’s ecommerce livestreaming industry. Marrying entertainment and ecommerce, livestream shopping allows consumers to buy products online from people who show off their latest finds (or sponsored products) in real-time videos.
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Happy Thanksgiving from the Search Engine Watch & ClickZ team - Search Engine Watch

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By Christopher Ratcliff Verified, Blake Lucas, William Chalk, Roger Rogerson
| Search Engine Watch Verified
To all of our readers and anyone else who has swung by accidentally thinking that this is an actual search engine (you’ll be surprised at how often this happens; you won’t be surprised at their most popular search terms), a very happy thanksgiving from us all! We’ll publish a couple more things for Europe tomorrow morning if you do happen to swing by the site. We apologise in advance for the pyjamas and meat-sweats. In the meantime, have a safe and peaceful Thanksgiving.
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The Political Benefit of Instagram to Iran's Government

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By Natasha Stokes Verified, Alex Brammer, Sam Woodhams, William Chalk
| top10vpn.com
In a country where thousands of websites are blocked on government order, Instagram is an anomaly. The photo-sharing app, freely available where the likes of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are banned, is used by at least 24 million young Iranians for entertainment, news and shopping, with thousands of local sellers trading on the platform. In the last couple years, it has come under increasing government scrutiny, mostly for its perceived threat to traditional Iranian values.
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