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.

Friday, August 25, 2017

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

微信淘宝等隐私条款接受“考核”:不得违背约定采集个人信息 (Privacy provisions of WeChat, Taobao got reviewed: shall not collect personal information violating permissions)
The Paper, August 24, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1773557

China’s regulators announce real-name system for online commenting
Financial Times, August 25, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/1c18614e-eab6-3571-a5fb-c9d7259d3a73

Related:
网信办:网站不得向未实名认证的用户提供跟帖评论服务 (Chinese cyberspace authority: websites must not provide comment services to users without real name identification)
People.com.cn, August 25, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0825/c1001-29494919.html