The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

南宁“伪基站”违法犯罪势头得到遏制警方调研称, 信息诈骗犯罪多借“伪基站”设陷阱 (Nanning police curb increasing prevalence of fake and illegal ICT “base stations" used by criminals to set information security traps and send malicious spam messages on mobile devices)
Legal Daily, May 16, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160516/Articel05003GN.htm

保护公民信息应制定《基本法》 (A Basic Law to protect personal information should be enacted)
Sichuan Legal News, May 17, 2016
http://dzb.scfzbs.com/shtml/scfzb/20160517/37968.shtml

An overview of China's first "Right to be Forgotten" lawsuit
Feichangdao, May 16, 2016
http://blog.feichangdao.com/

Xi Jinping tech speech signals tougher times for foreign firms
The Diplomat, May 17, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/05/xi-jinping-tech-speech-signals-tougher-times-for-foreign-firms/