Why are Russiagate propagators silent on Chinagate?
The idea that Russia helped Trump win the 2016 US election received endless coverage and triggered vast online censorship, yet
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TikTok teams up with notoriously biased fact-checkers ahead of US election
TikTok has enlisted PolitiFact and Lead Stories in a supposed bid to combat misinformation ahead of the 2020 US elections,
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India bans 59 Chinese apps including TikTok over data and privacy concerns
The Indian government has banned 59 Chinese mobile applications, citing threats to user privacy and data mining as well as
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Twitter appoints former Google AI chief with close ties to China
Twitter has appointed former Google AI chief Fei-Fei Li to its board of directors, yet the move has been met
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Google is sharing its AI secrets with the Chinese military
Following a 2017 constitutional amendment, all new technologies in the country must be shared with the Chinese Communist Party Google
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Chinese AI is bluffing its way into Europe
Locked for years in digital alienation, the EU has set a new standard on data protection and privacy, wrestling back
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The West’s social credit system is already in motion
While China’s social credit system is seen as a farfetched possibility for the West, big tech companies are already introducing
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Apple sides with China by removing Hong Kong protestor app
Apple has bowed to pressure from the Chinese government by taking down an application from its app store that was
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Smart Cities: Convenience at the expense of liberty
From sustainable living, reduced traffic, faster connectivity and stringent security among other appealing possibilities, the solutions that smart cities promise
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