Chinese censors take aim at AirDrop and Bluetooth
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China wants to restrict the use of mobile file-sharing services such as AirDrop and Bluetooth in a move that will expand its censorship machine.

Bluetooth, AirDrop and such file-sharing services are crucial tools in China, where the so-called Great Firewall has resulted in one of the mostly tightly-controlled internet regimes. In recent years, anti-government protesters have often turned to AirDrop to organise and share their political demands. For instance, some activists were sharing anti-Xi Jinping posters using this tool on the Shanghai subway last October - just as the Chinese president was awaiting a historic third term as the country’s leader.

  • 0x815@feddit.deOP
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    2 years ago

    @Venus You may have missed some points when reading, so here are a few quotes.

    The national internet regulator [Cyberspace Administration of China] on Tuesday launched a month-long public consultation on the proposals.

    Proposals unveiled by the Cyberspace Administration of China on Tuesday …

    Phone and app developers who want to continue operating in China will have to play by the new rules - or be culled from app stores, said a software engineer who wanted to stay anonymous.

    (Emphasis mine.)

    I agree with you in that it paves the way further to George Orwell’s 1984.

    • Venus@slrpnk.net
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      2 years ago

      Just saying that someone said something is not citing a source. They taught us this in elementary school.

      • 0x815@feddit.deOP
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        2 years ago

        The source is the Chinese government, @kleinheld provided the link, everyone can easily verify that.