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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.
We Chat, They Watch: How International Users Unwittingly Build up WeChat’s Chinese Censorship Apparatus
WeChat communications conducted entirely among non-China-registered accounts are subject to pervasive content surveillance that was previously thought to be exclusively reserved for China-registered accounts.
Censored Contagion: How Information on the Coronavirus is Managed on Chinese Social Media
The analysis of YY and WeChat indicates broad censorship—blocking sensitive terms as well as general information and neutral references—potentially limiting the public’s ability to access information that may be essential to their health and safety.