China removes 90 apps over irregular collection of info
16 May 2021, 02:03 GMT+10
Beijing [China], May 15 (ANI): China has asked domestic app stores to remove 90 apps in an attempt to check irregular collection of personal information. The move comes two weeks after the implementation of a new regulation that defines what types of user data apps can collect and what is off limits.
China s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced that the apps were being taken offline for an indefinite period. The affected apps include online ticket booking platform Damai, online travel booking app Tuniu, China s biggest LinkedIn rival Maimai, and Tianya, an online community for people to share views and ideas. However, users who already have the apps installed can continue to use them, reported South China Morning Post.
China removes 90 apps to check irregular collection of personal information ANI | Updated: May 15, 2021 20:50 IST
Beijing [China], May 15 (ANI): China has asked domestic app stores to remove 90 apps in an attempt to check irregular collection of personal information.
The move comes two weeks after the implementation of a new regulation that defines what types of user data apps can collect and what is off limits.
China s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced that the apps were being taken offline for an indefinite period. The affected apps include online ticket booking platform Damai, online travel booking app Tuniu, China s biggest LinkedIn rival Maimai, and Tianya, an online community for people to share views and ideas. However, users who already have the apps installed can continue to use them, reported South China Morning Post.
Posted by Josh Rudolph | Dec 23, 2020
The following essay was written by Huang Deng, an educated 46-year-old woman who married into a poor rural family. A PhD and currently the Deputy Director of Finance and Media at Guangdong University of Finance, Huang is also the daughter-in-law in a struggling country household. Her unique positioning and firsthand experience of life in two very different Chinas offers
The Countryside Through a (PhD Educated) Rural Daughter-in-law’s Eyes
Although I’ve always been wary of writing about those on the lowest rungs of society, I’m worried their voices are now being silenced like never before. When a family’s children and grandchildren can no longer have their voices heard, just like their older brothers, their narratives will never come to light. There will be no one to bear witness to their grief. And because of this, their experiences will be lost to history forever.
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