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Former employees say Apple stood by while suppliers violated Chinese labor laws

The Verge

Apple has been complicit in its suppliers’ violations of Chinese labor laws, according to a report from The Information. Suppliers have periodically filled their factories with temporary workers or “dispatch labor,” violating a Chinese labor law requiring no more than 10 percent of a factory’s workers be temporary employees.

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Read Apple’s commitment to freedom of expression that doesn’t mention China

The Verge

On Friday, Apple published a new human rights policy committing to “freedom of information and expression” after facing years of criticism over the company’s willingness to follow mainland China’s censorship laws. We’re required to comply with local laws”. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Google, Facebook, and Twitter halt government data requests after new Hong Kong security law

The Verge

Google, Facebook, and Twitter are pausing the processing of data requests from the Hong Kong government as they review a new security law that went into effect on July 1st. Google put its pause into place as soon as the law took effect last Wednesday. “[W]hen

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Grindr reportedly disappears from app stores in China

The Verge

LGBTQ dating app Grindr has been removed from the Apple App Store in China, and is also unavailable on popular Android app marketplaces, Bloomberg reports. The tightening of restrictions comes ahead of China hosting the Winter Olympics in Beijing, which are due to kick off later this week. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Intel’s funding threatened by Marco Rubio after ‘humiliating apologies’ to China

The Verge

Photo by Visual China Group via Getty Images/Visual China Group via Getty Images. US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has threatened the government funding of chipmaker Intel after the company made what Rubio described as “humiliating apologies” to China.

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India will reportedly introduce bill to make owning cryptocurrency illegal

The Verge

The bill is likely to pass if it’s introduced, giving India some of the world’s strictest digital currency laws. China, which has some of the harshest policies, prohibits trading coins but does not outlaw owning them. Under the plan, people who own these digital assets would have six months to liquidate their holdings.

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Gen Z isn’t worried about China having access to their data. They should be

Fast Company Tech

Among Gen Z, theres a certain nihilism about Chinas access to American data. Others say that, if American billionaires can access their data, why not let China, too? Chinas threat to our data security is difficult to comprehend. So why would we care about China having that data too? government.

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