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.

Monday, July 16, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Looking through the eyes of China’s surveillance state
The New York Times, July 16, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/technology/china-surveillance-state.html

涉倒卖公民信息案 数据堂曾0.2元/条买病例 (Twenty cents for a medical history record: China’s biggest market data provider caught in privacy infringement scandal, pending judgment)
Beijing News, July 16, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/finance/2018/07/16/495221.html

美专家担忧:中国数字丝绸之路或成为情报搜集网 (U.S. experts raise concern over digital Belt and Road becoming intelligence gathering network)
Voice of America, July 14, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-overseas-projects-surveillance-concerns-20180712/4482464.html

Chinese mobile phone cameras are not-so-secretly recording users’ activities
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/14/chinese-mobile-phone-cameras-not-secretly-recording-users-activities