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China passes new privacy law aimed at protecting users’ personal data

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China has passed a user data privacy law | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. China has passed a new privacy law aimed at protecting users’ personal data, state media reported. The law takes effect on November 1st. The law takes effect on November 1st.

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Grindr reportedly disappears from app stores in China

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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. Ahead of the winter olympics.

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

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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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India will reportedly introduce bill to make owning cryptocurrency illegal

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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. India is reportedly moving forward with a sweeping ban on cryptocurrencies.

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

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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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Authorities in China sue Tencent over WeChat’s youth mode

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Prosecutors in Beijing are suing Chinese tech giant Tencent, claiming the “youth mode” on its WeChat app is against laws protecting minors, Reuters reported. That article was later updated and toned down somewhat, the Wall Street Journal reported , but not before Tencent’s shares fell by more than 10 percent. billion (18.23

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China-based Zoom employee charged for secretly censoring Tiananmen Square anniversary events

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A China-based former Zoom employee is being charged with harassment for allegedly disrupting video calls commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. According to the complaint , Jin was a liaison between Zoom and Chinese law enforcement and intelligence services. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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