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Freedom House (FH) Freedom of the Press report: [1] 10 is most free, 99 is least free 10 to 30 Free 31 to 60 Partly free 61 to 99 Not free — Not rated Reporters Without Borders (RWB) Press freedom index: [2] 6 is most free, 85 is least free 6.00 to 12.99 Good situation 13.00 to 24.99 Satisfactory situation 25.00 to 36.49 Noticeable problems
Date: 26 September 2011 (updated 2 November 2018) Source: Own work based on: the article Internet censorship and surveillance by country as well as the classifications from Reporters Without Borders, the OpenNet Initiative, the Freedom on the Net reports from Freedom House, and the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices of the U.S. Department of State
Books with maps face particular scrutiny, with one Victoria University Press book Fifteen Million Years in Antarctica required to remove the English term "Mount Everest" in favour of the Chinese equivalent "Mount Qomolangma". [177] This has led publishers to consider printers in alternative countries, such as Vietnam. [177]
Canada has banned Chinese super-app WeChat on official government devices citing cybersecurity risks, following similar action taken against short-form video app TikTok earlier this year.. The ...
The ban was announced after an assessment by Canada's chief information officer that Tencent-owned WeChat and applications made by Moscow-based Kaspersky "present an unacceptable level of risk to ...
For swaths of the U.S. with concentrated Chinese populations, WeChat is a way of life. President Trump's executive order banning the app could upend that.
[38] [39] U.S. president Donald Trump sought to ban U.S. "transactions" with WeChat through an executive order [40] but was blocked by a preliminary injunction issued in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in September 2020. [41] Joe Biden officially dropped Trump's efforts to ban WeChat in the U.S. in June ...
[1] A majority of apps and websites blocked are the result of the companies not willing to follow the Chinese government's internet regulations on data collection and privacy, user-safety, guidelines and the type of content being shared, posted or hosted.