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, August 02, 2017

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

华为回应手机安装监听软件收集隐私传闻:恶意诽谤 (Huawei responds to rumors of monitoring software installed on mobile phones to collect private information: this is a malicious falsehood)
Phoenix Technologies, August 1, 2017
http://tech.ifeng.com/a/20170801/44657757_0.shtml

亚马逊步苹果后尘,在中国下架VPN (Amazon follows Apple’s example and stops VPN service in China)
Voice of America, August 2, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/vpn-20170801/3968026.html