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, September 29, 2017

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

A gigantic Chinese social-media platform is offering iPhones for citizen censors
Quartz, September 28, 2017
https://qz.com/1089304/sina-weibo-nasdaq-wb-a-gigantic-chinese-social-media-platform-is-offering-iphones-for-citizen-censors/

The Party’s “hurdles”: the Internet, propaganda, and power
The Diplomat, September 29, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/09/the-partys-hurdles-the-internet-propaganda-and-power/

8月份全国网络违法和不良信息有效举报650.6万件 (6.5 million cases of illegal or harmful information on the Internet effectively reported in August)
Cyberspace Administration of China, September 28, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-09/28/c_1121740534.htm

准确把握时代特征,提高社会治理智能化水平:雪亮工程、犯罪预测系统 (Improving intelligence level of social governance: Xueliang Project and Crime Prediction System)
Legal Daily, September 28, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-09/28/content_7332240.htm?node=5955

372家网警巡查执法账号入驻百度辟谣平台 (372 Internet police law enforcement accounts stationed at Baidu to combat online rumors)
People’s Daily, September 28, 2017
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2017-09/28/nbs.D110000renmrb_01.htm