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Chinese Censors Scrub Emoji Tributes To Nobel Winner
China's censors raced Friday to scrub social media networks of candles, RIP and other tributes to Nobel laureate Liu...
China Bans Online Videos Showing Homosexuality, Affairs
China issued new regulations on Friday around online video content, directing streaming platforms to eliminate a range...
China Cracks Down On Online Peddlers of Celebrity Gossip
Online peddlers of celebrity gossip have fallen foul of China's new cybersecurity law, with officials ordering internet...
China To Launch Cybersecurity Law Despite Concerns
China will implement a controversial cybersecurity law Thursday despite concerns from foreign firms worried about its...
Google AlphaGo AI Takes On A Master of the Ancient Chinese Board Game
It's man vs machine this week as Google's artificial intelligence programme AlphaGo faces the world's top-ranked Go...
Russia Blocks China’s Biggest Messaging App
Moscow's communications regulator has added WeChat to its list of prohibited websites, according to Russian state news...
China To Launch Own Encyclopaedia To Rival Wikipedia
China plans to launch its own online encyclopaedia next year, hoping to build a "cultural Great Wall" that can rival...
Microsoft Says It’s Already Patched Flaws Exposed In Leak of NSA Hacks
On Friday, the Shadow Brokers hacking group published a cache of documents revealing Windows hacking tools allegedly...
Reporters Without Borders Opens First Asia Office In Taiwan
International rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders said it is opening its first Asia office in Taiwan after...
Google Translate App Now Unblocked In China
Google on Wednesday made available in China a new version of its translation app that is accessible without...
VPN Users In China Megacity Chongqing Face Fines
People in the Chinese megacity Chongqing could be fined for using VPNs to jump over the country's "Great Firewall" that...
Live Sports Broadcasting In US Braces For Disruption
The business of live sports, seen as perhaps the last great firewall for traditional US broadcasters, is facing...
US Judge Limits Info From Trial of Drug Kingpin ‘El Chapo’
A US federal judge on Tuesday strictly limited the release of information relating to the trial of Mexican former drug...
China Blocks Pinterest
Image-curation website Pinterest has become the latest social media service blocked in China, checks on censorship...
China Lifts Short-Term Rates For Third Month Straight To Steady Yuan, Battle Debt
China's central bank raised short-term interest rates on Thursday in what economists said was a bid to stave off...
China Cuts Growth Goal, Puts Focus On Reform and ‘firewall’ Against Risks
China has cut its growth target this year as the world's second-largest economy pushes through painful reforms to...
Beijing Pushes ‘China Solution’ For Governing Web
Beijing said Thursday it will push a "China solution" to global cyber governance after releasing its first strategy...
A Post Mortem Of A Dead Goat
I don’t even know where to start from? In the Ghanaian cliché or parlance, should I laugh enter Mahama Ford or I...
The ‘now’ & the ‘future’ of Green Banking [Article]
The Internet is a powerful tool for communication and research as well as providing businesses with means of connecting...