Launched in 2009, it quickly became the nervous system of China’s civic sphere. Before Weibo, feminist organizers could hand out newsletters or hold a small meeting but never get on state TV; ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Surveillance cameras are seen on a post near the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, China, on November 5, 2024. - Wang ...

The detention of two Chinese journalists, Wu Yingjiao and Liu Hu, highlights ongoing repression against independent media.

He has been jailed, tracked and threatened by China’s government. What was it like pay a visit home? As he publishes a polemic about surveillance and state control, the artist relives a momentous trip ...

The dissident artist discusses his new book “On Censorship,” the impact of AI on freedom of expression and the growing global ...

China has embraced AI to help it censor and surveil its citizens and is exporting its techniques to the world, according to a new report by think tank the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI).

This conversation with Yi-Ling Liu – author of “The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese ...

Autocratic regimes are using internet blackouts to install sophisticated firewalls and imported surveillance ...

New Delhi: China’s handling of the earliest days of the Covid-19 outbreak did more than allow a virus to spread. It reinforced a long-standing reality of governance in the country: when public health ...

On Censorship is both a bitter – if, at only 88 pages, far too sketchy – critique of the role of censorship in an authoritarian state ...

Forgetart’s semi-censored Caochangdi graffiti (All photos by the author for Hyperallergic) BEIJING — “BEIJING AUTUMN: OFF THE RADAR ART RESISTANCE IN CAOCHANGDI —CCD300” is the SMS that was sent to ...

China’s ruling Communist Party is using artificial intelligence to turbocharge the surveillance and control of its 1.4 billion citizens, with the technology reaching further into daily life, ...