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February 24, 2021 | 3:00-4:00pm UK (10:00 - 11:00 EST)
Ever greater volumes and variety of information is flowing online every day, crossing multiple national borders. For governments and technology firms, the challenge is to ensure that this information is sober, secure and shareable. Success will mean that political polarisation can be contained; cyberactivity will not jeopardise critical infrastructure and human life; and privacy and profit will remain compatible.
The penalty for ineffective policies is serious and rising; yet those with better approaches stand to reap enormous commercial and social benefits, especially as the pandemic accelerates the growth of the global digital economy.
Li Wenliang’s death had only been announced a few hours earlier, but Warming High-Tech was already on the case. The company had been monitoring online mentions of the COVID-whistleblower’s name in the several days since police had detained and punished him for “spreading rumors.” Now, news of his deteriorating condition, and eventual passing, had triggered a deluge of sorrow and outrage online adorned with candle emojis, photos of farewell wishes scrawled into the snow, and a final image of the 34-year-old ophthalmologist as he lay in his hospital bed in Wuhan.
It was February 7, 2020, and Warming High-Tech’s “Word Emotion Internet Intelligence Research Institute” swung into action, drafting a “Special Report on Major Internet Sentiment” for “relevant central authorities.” Warming’s report explained that online discussions of Li had “flooded” the Internet; the public’s “grief and indignation” would demand an urgent response from government officials
Posted by Joseph Brouwer | Dec 9, 2020
TripAdvisor China, along with 104 other applications, has been banned in China as part of a sweeping internet “cleanup.” It is unclear why the travel company, a joint partnership between Massachusetts-based TripAdivsor and Trip.com, was targeted by Chines authorities. The Associated Press covered the
Companies including the Chinese arm of TripAdvisor Inc. have been ordered by regulators to overhaul their mobile phone apps in what the Chinese government said is a crackdown on pornography and other improper content.
The National Cyberspace Administration ordered the removal of 105 apps including TripAdvisor from app stores this week, although it gave no details of what each app was accused of doing wrong. It cited what it said were public complaints about obscene, pornographic and violent information or fraud, gambling and prostitution.