Within mainland China, we found that Apple censors political content including broad references to Chinese leadership and China’s political system, names of dissidents and independent news organizations, and general terms relating to religions, democracy, and human rights. And across all six regions, we found that Apple’s content moderation practices pertaining to derogatory, racist, or sexual content are inconsistently applied and that Apple’s public-facing documents failed to explain how it derives their keyword lists.

2021 年 3 月 22 日，公民實驗室發佈了一篇研究報告，比較 TikTok 與抖音的安全、隱私及言論審查。我們將於本文中與研究員 Pellaeon Lin 討論他的研究發現。

In this explainer, we discuss the findings of our comparative analysis of security, privacy, and censorship issues in TikTok and Douyin.

A comparative analysis of security, privacy, and censorship issues in TikTok and Douyin, both developed by ByteDance.

On December 21, 2020 the Citizen Lab released a report that discovered issues with three COVID-related applications in Indonesia and the Philippines. This document provides a summary of the research findings and questions and answers from the research team.