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 17, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

谷歌员工抗议为中国开发审查版搜索引擎
Google employees protest secret work on censored search engine for China
New York Times, August 16, 2018
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/technology/20180817/google-employees-protest-search-censored-china/
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/technology/google-employees-protest-search-censored-china.html

Related:
Google staff tell bosses China censorship is “moral and ethical” crisis
The Intercept , August 17, 2018
https://theintercept.com/2018/08/16/google-china-crisis-staff-dragonfly/

”Weaponized ad technology”: Facebook’s moneymaker gets a critical eye
New York Times, August 16, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/technology/facebook-microtargeting-advertising.html