Technology

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Human Rights Defenders in China

tw — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 22:27:17 +0000

January 13, 2021

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Human Rights Defenders in China

Government Accountability

Sharon Hom: “Human rights defenders, as well as all users of social media or technology tools, are trapped between a rock and a hard place—between the manipulation for profit of “surveillance capitalism” and the economic and political constraints of party-state authoritarianism.”

China Issues New Regulations on Mobile Text and Voice Messaging Services (HRIC Translation)

tw — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 20:03:41 +0000

August 8, 2014

China Issues New Regulations on Mobile Text and Voice Messaging Services (HRIC Translation)

HRIC Bulletin

Censorship

(Updated August 12, 2014) The State Internet Information Office (国家互联网信息办公室), the top government agency that oversees online content management, issued, on August 7, a set of regulations on mobile instant messaging services—such as WeChat (Tencent), Yixin (NetEase), and Feixin (China Mobile)—...

China’s Internet Censorship and Controls: The Context of Google’s Approach in China

noc — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

July 16, 2010

China’s Internet Censorship and Controls: The Context of Google’s Approach in China

China Rights Forum

Censorship

On January 12, 2010, Google stunned the world with its dramatic announcement that it was reconsidering its business in China in the wake of debilitating cyber-attacks, and furthermore that the company was no longer willing to continue operating a censored search engine in China, Google.cn, launched...

Excerpt from Testimony of Alan Davidson, Director of Public Policy, Google Inc. before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China

noc — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

July 16, 2010

Excerpt from Testimony of Alan Davidson, Director of Public Policy, Google Inc. before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China

China Rights Forum

Censorship

March 24, 2010 1 China Update Let us start with an update on Google’s situation in China. We launched Google.cn, our Chinese search engine, in January 2006 in the belief that the benefits of increased access to information for people in China and a more open Internet outweighed our discomfort in...

HRIC Talks with Adam Kanzer of Domini Social Investments

noc — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

July 16, 2010

HRIC Talks with Adam Kanzer of Domini Social Investments

China Rights Forum

Business And Human Rights

HRIC: Can you please introduce Domini Social Investments, and explain more generally what a social investment fund is? Adam Kanzer: Domini Social Investments is a mutual fund manager based in New York. We manage approximately $1 billion for individual and institutional investors. We focus...

The Internet and Chinese Civil Society

noc — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

July 16, 2010

The Internet and Chinese Civil Society

China Rights Forum

Censorship

Translation by HRIC In August 2007, the Financial Times reported that at least five Chinese Internet entrepreneurs had introduced websites similar to Twitter. This was barely one-and-a-half years after the original Twitter was introduced on March 21, 2006. At present, if a website model has found...

Social Networking in the Golden Shield Environment

noc — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

July 16, 2010

Social Networking in the Golden Shield Environment

China Rights Forum

Censorship

Translation by Wen Huang The Internet has created room for the birth and development of civil society in totalitarian countries. In the past two years, social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, have developed at an amazing speed in non-democratic countries. They have become the...

Human Rights and Malware Attacks

noc — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

July 16, 2010

Human Rights and Malware Attacks

China Rights Forum

Cyber Security

On March 18, 2010, unknown attackers sent a spear phishing email that appeared to be from Sharon Hom, the Executive Director of Human Rights in China (HRIC), to a variety of organizations and individuals. Leveraging the trust and recognition of HRIC, the attackers’ email encouraged recipients to...

Ten Things to Look for in Tools that Circumvent Internet Censorship

noc — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

July 16, 2010

Ten Things to Look for in Tools that Circumvent Internet Censorship

China Rights Forum

Censorship

Diverse set of users Works in your country Sustainable network and software development Open design Decentralized architecture Keeps you safe from websites too Does not promise to magically encrypt the entire Internet Fast Easy to get the software and updates Does not promo

Behind the Padlock Icon: Certificate Authorities’ Mysterious Role in Internet Security

noc — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

July 16, 2010

Behind the Padlock Icon: Certificate Authorities’ Mysterious Role in Internet Security

China Rights Forum

Censorship

Many Internet users are aware that they ought to look for a padlock icon in their web browsers when doing something important online. Some users understand that the padlock is supposed to indicate that their communications are “secure”—confidential and in some sense authentic.

Glossary of Technical Terms

noc — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

July 16, 2010

Glossary of Technical Terms

China Rights Forum

Internet

Compiled by HRIC 101 (error 101, HTTP 101): A standard error message indicating that the web browser was unable to communicate with the server. 403 (error 403, HTTP 403) : A standard error message indicating that the server will not allow a user to access the resource requested. 404 (error 404,...

Update on China’s Open Government Information Regulations: Surprising Public Demand Yielding Some Positive Results

noc — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

July 15, 2010

Update on China’s Open Government Information Regulations: Surprising Public Demand Yielding Some Positive Results

China Rights Forum

Censorship

It has been nearly two years since China’s first access to information statute took effect on May 1, 2008.

China’s Internet Censorship System

noc — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

July 14, 2010

China’s Internet Censorship System

China Rights Forum

Censorship

Translation by HRIC China’s Internet censorship system is divided into the blocking of information from outside China and the censoring of information from within. More has been written about the blocking of information from outside China, which is accomplished chiefly by the Great Firewall (GFW).

Netizens Comment on the Internet White Paper

noc — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

July 14, 2010

Netizens Comment on the Internet White Paper

China Rights Forum

Citizen Activism

Translation by HRIC “中国政府在驳斥对互联网自由指控时，总是强调有多少网民多少博客，国新办《中国互联网状况》也如是。这种逻辑基本和我骂你是傻逼，你却说自己身高190，相貌堂堂一样。” “The Chinese government, in refuting criticisms on Internet freedom, always emphasizes the number of Internet users and bloggers, including in the Internet White Paper. This logic is akin to when I...

Introduction: “China’s Internet”: Staking Digital Ground

noc — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000

July 9, 2010

Introduction: “China’s Internet”: Staking Digital Ground

China Rights Forum

Information Control

This issue— “China’s Internet”: Staking Digital Ground —has been a particularly demanding volume to develop and produce. The diversity and sophistication of perspectives, technical, legal, and information security expertise of the various contributors, and fast-paced developments added to the...