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Submission to the Government of Canada on the Renewal of the Responsible Business Conduct Strategy
This submission outlines Canadian technology companies and the threat they pose to human rights abroad, as well as suggests mechanisms the Government of Canada’s RBC strategy can adopt to address the harmful impacts of Canadian-made technology.
Censored Contagion II: A Timeline of Information Control on Chinese Social Media During COVID-19
As a follow-up to our March 2020 report, we conducted daily tests on WeChat and collected 2,174 censored keywords between January to May 2020. This data provides a view into how narratives and messaging on the pandemic are controlled and molded on social media in China.
微信监控诠释
公民实验室2020年5月7日发布报告指出,中国最流行的社交媒体软件微信是对平台上的文档和图像内容实施监控,并使用监控所得的数据训练其审查系统。本文是对该报告的概述,以及与研究团队的一些常见问答。
微信監控诠釋
公民實驗室2020年5月7日發布報告指出,中國最流行的社交媒體軟件微信是對平台上的文檔和圖像內容實施監控,並使用監控所得的數據訓練其審查系統。本文是對該報告的概述,以及與研究團隊的一些常見問答。
WeChat Surveillance Explained
On May 7 2020, the Citizen Lab published a report that documents how WeChat (the most popular social app in China) conducts surveillance of images and files shared on the platform and uses the monitored content to train censorship algorithms. This document provides a summary of the research findings and questions and answers from the research team.