• Aug 4, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Surveillance,

Chinese gamers will need to verify their real names on all games by September

China is rolling out a real name authentication and verification system for all gamers in the country by September as a way to track gamers and make sure that they aren’t playing too much. Chinese gamers on popular games such as Honour of Kings (aka Arena of Valor) by Tencent have already been subject to … Continue reading “Chinese gamers will need to verify their real names on all games by September”

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Art can change the world

Illustration by Carty Sewill Art can change the world. Warhol showed us all the beauty in our everyday; from Coke bottles to Campbell’s soup cans. Social change is led by those brave enough to see the world differently. Such vision is rarely rewarded and is often seen as a threat to the status quo. Like … Continue reading “Art can change the world”

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  • Jul 19, 2017
  • Caleb Chen
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments,

In China, the government can censor the pics and memes you send to your friends via IM

Chinese censorship has hit new dystopian levels. Internet censors in China are now able to delete an image sent from Party A to Party B, before the image makes it to Party B. While China has long had the power to scrub text and remove public posts, the ability to censor images in one-on-one WeChat … Continue reading “In China, the government can censor the pics and memes you send to your friends via IM”

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