Apple removed two popular social media applications, Meta Platforms WhatsApp and Threads, from its Chinese App Store on Friday due to a directive issued by the Cyberspace Administration of China, cit.
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Icons of the WeChat and Weibo apps seen on a smartphone in this file photo. Media organisations that publish straight to social media have been the target of tightening internet content restrictions from Beijing.
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Two popular science blogs in China were censored across social media platforms WeChat , Weibo and video-streaming site Bilibili, a surprising turn in Beijing’s escalating crackdown on internet content.
Elephant Magazine and its affiliated PaperClip, two popular outlets that publish scientific content on Chinese social media platforms, were unavailable for users on Wednesday. No Chinese authorities have commented on the disappearance of the accounts, and it remains unclear what triggered the ban or whether it is permanent.
Saudi-backed UK health app Babylon ends deal with Tencent
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Saudi-backed UK health app Babylon ends deal with Tencent
A $550m cash infusion led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund in 2019 valued the company at about $2bn February 21, 2021
Babylon Healthcare has pulled back from China, where it had a partnership with Tencent Holdings’s WeChat, after the company “couldn’t come up with a commercially viable model,” CEO Ali Parsa said.
“The Chinese government and the Chinese partners insist on them taking most of the shares of any partnerships,” Parsa said in an interview. “I don’t think the balance is right at the moment.”
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has reportedly issued fresh notices to make permanent a ban imposed on video app TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps in June. Zee News tried reaching the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for a comment but they were unavailable outside regular working hours. A TikTok representative was quoted as saying that the company was evaluating the notice and will respond to it as appropriate.