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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

@kendraschaefer

3 years

My goodness. China's cyberspace watchdog, the CAC, just published a long (and unprecedented) set of draft regulations for recommendation algorithms. The short version: they will be tightly controlled. Key points below. 1/

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@kendraschaefer

2 years

Dear everyone who thought the Chinese government would never get rid of Covid health code apps because they are too delicious a citizen control mechanism: The Chinese government is starting to get rid of health code apps. 1/x

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2 years

If you're not following this, you should be: word on the social media street is that China's police force (MPS - Shanghai) database was hacked, with the personal information and case records of 1 billion citizens, and the records are for sale on Telegram - 23TB of data. 1/7

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Our threat intelligence detected 1 billion resident records for sell in the dark web, including name, address, national id, mobile, police and medical records from one asian country. Likely due to a bug in an Elastic Search deployment by a gov agency. This has impact on ...

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@kendraschaefer

2 years

Woke up this morning to the sound of loudspeakers announcing mass testing in my district. If Beijing goes into lockdown, will document it here.

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3 years

Most interesting to me: Users must be provided with a convenient way to see and delete the keywords that the algorithm is using to profile them. 2/

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@kendraschaefer

3 years

As far as I'm concerned, this policy marks the moment that China's tech regulation is not simply keeping pace with data regulations in the EU, but has gone beyond them. 15/

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@kendraschaefer

3 years

Well, here they are. Yesterday, China's cyberspace watchdog, the CAC, finalized China's groundbreaking new rules on recommendation algorithms. They take effect in early March. Thoughts on the final version below. 1/11

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@kendraschaefer

2 years

A few thoughts on tech from Xi's 20th Party Congress speech, which just wrapped up after a merciful 2 hours: 1/x

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@kendraschaefer

10 months

This is big: Looks like China's cyberspace regulator, the CAC, is changing course on data security to make it easier for foreign businesses to get their data out of the country. Rumor has it that Li Qiang, China's business-friendly premier, is behind the move. A thread. 1/23

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3 years

Users must be informed that algorithms are being used to recommend content or products to them, and must be allowed to opt out, and see non-personalized results. 4/

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@kendraschaefer

2 years

Here we go. A bunch of Chinese gov agencies just jointly released a draft of a new "Social Credit System Construction Act" for public comment. The doc is huge. 1/x

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@kendraschaefer

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Bloomberg's coverage of China's latest rules re:internet restrictions for minors: "Among other things, 'non-adult' children won’t be allowed to access the internet from mobile devices from 10:00 pm to 6:00 am." Er, not quite what the doc says. 1/21

China to Curb Kids’ Mobile Use in Blow to Tencent, ByteDance

China’s internet overseer laid out regulations Wednesday to prevent minors from spending too much time on their smartphones, dealing a potential blow to Tencent Holdings Ltd. and other social media...

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@kendraschaefer

3 years

And there are limits on the types of keywords algos can collect: "Providers ... shall not record illegal and undesirable keywords in the user points of interest or as user tags and push information content accordingly, and may not set discriminatory or biased user labels." 3/

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@kendraschaefer

3 years

There is a clear concern that algorithms will be used to the detriment of socialist core values. "The algorithm recommendation service provider shall adhere to mainstream values ... actively spread positive energy, and promote the application of algorithms for the better." 5/

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2 years

That's because the app itself doesn't matter. Its existence is a manifestation of the fact that the underlying datasets that drive the app exist. An app is just a pretty skin over a data skeleton. 11/x

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3 years

An opinion piece today on - The best take I've read so far on Beijing's views and motivations re: crackdown on Didi, IPOs and the move to reign in internet companies. Some key quotes below. 1/x

方兴东：中国互联网企业需补上“合规”欠账

finance.sina.com.cn

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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

@kendraschaefer

1 year

Hold on to your hats: it looks like China's sci-tech innovation system is in for a major reorganization next week. A thread. 1/x

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@kendraschaefer

2 years

According to an official announcement, on December 13 at exactly midnight, it looks like the national health code Tongxin Xincheng Card travel tracking app 通信行程卡 will go offline. 2/x

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@kendraschaefer

2 years

The hits just keep on coming. On Friday, China's cyberspace watchdog (CAC) released draft rules governing "deep synthesis tech" - deepfakes and other machine-generated or -edited text, voice, video, and 3D spaces. Paraphrasing the key points below. 1/18

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@kendraschaefer

3 years

No brutal work conditions for ride-hailing drivers, delivery drivers: "Algos that provide scheduling services to workers shall improve ... platform order distribution, remuneration, working hours, rewards and punishments, [to] protect workers' rights and interests." 9/

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@kendraschaefer

2 years

A little background: There isn't just one health code tracking app in China - there are hundreds. Every city and province created its own. During zero Covid, that caused a problem for travelers, who could not use their local health code apps in their destination cities. 3/x

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@kendraschaefer

3 years

Also a clear concern they may be used to manipulate consumers: "Providers shall regularly review, evaluate, and verify algorithm mechanisms, models, data, and application results, etc., and may not set up models ... such as inducing users to indulge or consume high amounts." 6/

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@kendraschaefer

2 years

1/ China's new policy restricting minors from participating in livestreaming are super interesting. What stood out: The rules forbid apps from using some of the UI / interface reward mechanisms that entice young users to tip influencers. A thread.

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2 years

1/ Is China's tech crackdown fever finally breaking? Today, China's top econ czar told regulators to back the hell off tech companies... kinda. A thread with the deets and some thoughts.

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@kendraschaefer

3 years

Yesterday, CPPCC bigwig and econ policy advisor Liu Shijin published an essay outlining the next evolution of China's digital economy — it's a pretty enlightening read. Good bits below. 1/12

全国政协经济委员会副主任刘世锦：推动数字经济和实体经济有效融合

finance.sina.com.cn

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@kendraschaefer

2 years

The reason that happened is that most data on individuals is held at the provincial level, meaning one province struggle to access data held by another province. Meaning Shanghai can't pull my clean health records from Beijing. 4/x

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@kendraschaefer

3 years

Protecting kids: Algorithms cannot push info to minors that induce them to imitate unsafe behaviors or bad habits, or profile them in order to encourage internet addiction. 8/

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@kendraschaefer

3 years

Alogs can't be used to "falsely register accounts ... or falsely likes, comment, forwards... manipulate search rankings, control hot topics, ... implement self-preferential treatment, unfair competition, influence online public opinion, or evade supervision." 7/

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@kendraschaefer

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Practically speaking, that means that there was no app that showed your complete travel history - meaning you could have just spent a week in the middle of a Covid outbreak in Xi'an, and then headed to Shanghai, and Shanghai had no way to know that. 5/x

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@kendraschaefer

2 years

In case you haven't heard yet, Elon Musk penned an article for the official magazine of China's cyberspace regulator, the CAC. If you don't know why this is the most hilarious thing on the internet today, some context... 1/x

Elon Musk's article in China Cyberspace, exclusive digital version & translation

As previously announced by Pekingnology, this newsletter will offer you an exclusive digital version of Elon Musk’s essay in China Cyberspace, a monthly magazine run by the Cyberspace Administration...

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@kendraschaefer

3 years

Chinese regulators to off-campus education (incl edtech): "We know your stocks are falling, but tough cookies - you are putting too much pressure on parents and are detrimental to on-campus education, so we're restructuring this industry permanently." 1/12

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@kendraschaefer

2 years

Indeed, there are a couple of cases in which that actually happened. Most notably, officials in Henan province manipulated the local Covid app to notify citizens planning a protest that they needed to stay home and quarantine. 8/x

Henan: China Covid app restricts residents after banking protests

Some residents in Henan province say they are being forced to quarantine following rare protests.

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The Tongxin app was created to solve this problem by using data from China's three major telecoms - some of the only nationalized data sets in the country - for contact tracing. Based on cell tower pings, the app shows if user has been to outbreak regions in past 14 days. 6/x

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3 years

No using algorithms for differential treatment: "providers shall not use algorithms to implement unreasonable trading conditions such as differential treatment and transaction prices based on consumer preferences and transaction habits and other illegal acts." 10/

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3 years

The Party does not want algorithms running amok and influencing public opinion. The CAC will keep records of algos that have "public opinion attributes or social mobilization capabilities," and algos which have such attributes must register. 11/

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@kendraschaefer

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The central government wasn't too happy with Henan at the time - Henan's actions risked lowering trust in the health code system overall, critical to maintaining compliance with increasingly unpopular zero-Covid policies. 9/x

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3 years

Buuuttttt... fines for violations are pretty low. First penalty is a warning. If the violation is serious, max fine is RMB 30,000 (around USD 5,000). This is likely because they need to be payable by small app developers, not just big tech. 13/

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2 years

The 通信行程卡 was fed by combined mobile data from China Telecom, China Unicom, and China Mobile. The app can go away, but that data is still there. 12/x

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@kendraschaefer

2 years

Local covid tracking apps are driven by mobile data, train and plane data, health record data, etc. That data is still there. It can be reconstituted at any time - with or without a public facing app. 13/x

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@kendraschaefer

3 years

Just read Biden's executive order on competition. Very close (and surely coincidental) parallels with what Chinese regulators are getting up to these days. 1/5

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2 years

All of these apps - the national Tongxin app and the locally-based apps - had the potential to control citizen movement to a certain extent by requiring users to quarantine, leading to some speculation they'd be abused as a citizen movement control mechanism. 7/x

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2 years

But incidents like those sparked concern. That's why, over the last two years, I got asked this question all the time at panels: Is the health code app ever going away? And my answer was 'yes... but it doesn't actually change much in terms of data-driven gov power.' 10/x

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They could do that because the central government spent the last 20 years pushing local governments to clean up and standardize their data set formatting, institute data management policies, etc. In other words, the data to formulate a solution was already there. 19/x

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2 years

It might not have been the best solution, but it was a solution. Governments that practice good data management have more solutions at their disposal when disaster strikes. So get on it. 20/x

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3 years

That said, if a criminal act has taken place (say, a violation of the upcoming Personal Information Protection Law), then fines could be huge. 14/

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@kendraschaefer

3 years

CAC will also conduct security and safety inspections of recommendation algorithm providers. Algo providers must also set up channels to receive, and respond to, complaints from the public. 12/

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@kendraschaefer

3 years

Major news this week on China's social credit system. Best part: there's finally a (draft) official list of what types of data / records are being included in citizen, corporate, and org social credit files, and where those records come from. 1/24

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2 years

But whether you agree or disagree with China's specific applications of state data, there's a lesson here for policymakers everywhere: China rolled out the first prototypes of contact tracing apps within two weeks (two weeks!) of the Jan 2020 Covid announcement. 18/x

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@kendraschaefer

2 years

Now, we just need to see the local-level apps start to get phased out - that may take longer, but it'll happen. And what a joy that will be. 21/x

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@kendraschaefer

2 years

All the government actually loses by deleting those apps is a fast-track method of keeping certain people at home based on a public safety rationale. As Covid controls disappear, the rationale disappears, and the benefits of removal outweigh the perks of keeping it. 14/x

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@kendraschaefer

2 years

Beijing gains more than it loses in getting rid of these things. The cost of maintaining such a system must be ginormous. The disruptions to logistics networks that require them has been ginormous. The political win of returning to normalcy is ginormous. 15/x

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3 years

On Monday, Shanghai's trade unions submitted a proposal to China's top policy advisory body, suggesting that platform workers should be given a voice in how dispatching algorithms are deployed by internet companies. Thoughts and quotes below. 1/11

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3 years

A "secretive committee" made up of ... 1,800 companies that publishes its mission on its website. Kay.

Secretive Chinese Committee Draws Up List to Replace U.S. Tech

China is accelerating plans to replace American and foreign technology, quietly empowering a secretive government-backed organization to vet and approve local suppliers in sensitive areas from cloud...

www.bloomberg.com

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2 years

My point: What's the cost-benefit analysis of maintaining a massively pricey and disruptive national system just to prevent a few protests sometimes, versus just, you know, arresting protestors or targeting specific activists? 16/x

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@kendraschaefer

2 years

Visual comparisons on Beijing COVID outbreak - left pic is cases and micro-lockdowns ten days ago, April 28. Right pic is today. You can see case numbers and locked down buildings creeping upwards. My district still OK, but at this rate, only a matter of time.

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Could that data morph into some other tracking system? You could argue it already has. Those same underlying data sets are already used in tons of applications, many socially beneficial, some of them geared towards mass surveillance. 17/x

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@kendraschaefer

4 years

My team spent the past year preparing a new report for @USCC_GOV - "China's Corporate Social Credit System: Context, Competition, Technology and Geopolitics" - it's now online.

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It's hard to parse truth from rumor mill, but can confirm file exists. If the source is indeed MPS, that would be, erm... bad, for a number of reasons. Most obviously, it would be among biggest and worst breaches in history. Alleged screenshots: 2/7

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@lurenbian 刚听说这事还半信半疑，不料竟然是真的。只能做好自我防范了。

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3 years

Here it is! The final text of China's Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL). A quick off-the-cuff translation below of what was changed or added to the final draft. 1/

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@kendraschaefer

2 years

Tencent Maps has a tool showing current lockdowns in Beijing. Suspect incomplete. But: Blue dot is me. Dark red is a complex under lockdown. Red is "under management." Pink is "high risk " area. Purple "medium risk" area. Yellow is watchlist area.

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It's unclear who's at fault — some of the internet comments state one of the developers posted an access key on his blog, which was then exploited by the hackers. In any case, heads will roll over this one. 7/7

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@kendraschaefer

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But wait, there's more: The records also allegedly contain details on case files of minors. So that would be a violation of the Minor Protection Law. Would be surprised if they don't also contain files on celebs and minor officials. 5/7

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2 years

Fascinating: To my knowledge, this would be the first (correct me if I'm missing facts?) major public breach of a government body under the PIPL, so it's unclear who holds who accountable - esp. since MPS itself is typically responsible for cybercrime investigations, so.... 4/7

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Two, China's Personal Information Protection Law just came out late last year. It requires gov bodies to protect the info of citizens, which if the source is indeed MPS, MPS has failed to do. 3/7

Translation: Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China - Effective Nov....

This translation was produced by Rogier Creemers and Graham Webster on the basis of DigiChina’s earlier translation of the of the second review draft of the law, which in turn was based on our...

digichina.stanford.edu

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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

@kendraschaefer

3 years

Mixed feelings on the WSJ's latest piece of Chinese data policy. On one hand, think they did a good job of touching on key points. On the other hand, the nuance gets lost in the ominous overtones and they end up kind of missing the bigger picture.

China’s New Power Play: More Control of Tech Companies’ Troves of Data

Beijing is calling on tech giants to share the huge amounts of personal information they collect—and asserting its authority over data held by U.S. companies operating there as well. The efforts are...

www.wsj.com

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@kendraschaefer

2 years

In other words, I expect to see the state sink further resources into developing public opinion monitoring systems that lay the groundwork for predictive policymaking. Aaaand that's my technologist babble quota for today. 12/x

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Aaaaaand based on the way gov data platforms usually work, it's also likely that one of the big tech cloud providers — like AliCloud — is providing the infrastructure for the breached platform. 6/7

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@kendraschaefer

3 years

It's clear to me that Beijing has paid close attention to the impact that fake news has had on US national unity, as is noping right out of that issue before it becomes a bigger problem. 5/11

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These rules reflect some of the biggest concerns in Chinese society today — internet content control, aging population, anti-competitive practices — and seek to get out in front of a future where algos are used to corrode social unity or exacerbate market problems. 11/11

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Socialist democracy will increasingly be informed by public opinion assessment AIs - like those run by People's Daily - that scan social media and the online environment for hot topics and flash points, and inform policymakers to respond accordingly. 11/x

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Since 2017, our firm @triviumchina has written over 1000 free, cheeky, accessible notes on complex China policy topics for our awesome readers. Today, our little newsletter is all grown up. Meet Neopol, our new subscription service.

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New rules are coming for Chinese companies seeking to list abroad. Chinese policymakers are trying pretty hard to assure markets that Chinese companies will still be allowed to IPO overseas - but they will need to follow new rules in doing so. 1/14

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On LinkedIn's exit from China: Last month, Xiao Yaqing, China's Minister of Industry and Information Technology, had a video call with Brad Smith, president of MS US, to discuss "in-depth views on ... Microsoft's development and cooperation in China." 1/13

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2 years

1. A reference to "personal information" was included in the section of the speech that covers national security. That tells me tensions between data protection and open data flows will continue to intensify. 2/x

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1/ A lot to unpack here. Agree: China is trying to thread the needle between personal privacy and national security data protection, while not killing off innovation - a tightrope that is very, very hard to walk.

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I express my deep concern in this opinion piece about the trend of increased data regulation in China. Curious what leading experts think @Kendraschaefer @ChorzempaMartin @mattsheehan88 @jjding99 @Gwbstr @AnupamChander

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The interesting bit is that China is taking aim at one of the critical threats to our society in the modern age: the erosion of trust in what we see and hear, the inability to tell what is real and to separate truth from fact. 16/18

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Love that the 6th Plenum is being conducted like a Papal enclave. We'll know what happened when the white smoke of a resolution on Party history rises from the chimneys of state media.

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So, these rules underscore the policy problem of our age: How can Western democracies fight a war against disinformation and prevent the erosion of trust and truth online, but without resorting to censorship? 18/18

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@kendraschaefer

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US Sec of Commerce Gina Raimondo gave a speech vowing to maintain US supremacy over China in green tech. Sure hope there aren't any, you know, ethical issues re: preventing one of the world's biggest polluters from accessing the best clean energy tech.

Remarks by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on the U.S. Competitiveness and the China...

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China's central bank (PBoC) has released a white paper on the implementation status of the digital yuan - China's emerging national digital currency. Article yesterday had some points on future development direction, and answer common questions. 1/8

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Buuuuut I don't think US Congress shares my sense of humor or my belief in dialogue and I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't concern that Musk is developing a relationship with the body responsible for China's online censorship regime. 12/x

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This is hands down the nerdiest joke I have ever seen - via @dylan522p 's substack. Explaining the properties quantum computing using EU politics. <3

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English translation of China's 5-year plan for digital - a must read to understand where tech policy is going. @DigiChn was very kind to include me on the list of translators here considering I did 2 paragraphs before all these talented folks swept in and finished it.

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@DigiChn

3 years

NEW and HUGE: China's National Informatization Plan for the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021–25) dropped late last year. Here's our 21,000-word translation: @China_Digital @hunter_dorwart @nev_kev @kendraschaefer @johannamcostig1 @gwbstr @StanfordCyber 1/

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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

@kendraschaefer

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10/ In any case, it's fascinating to watch Chinese regulators treat livestream gifting animations like US regulators treated Joe Camel — a colorful inducement that tempts children to engage with a dangerous and addictive product.

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@kendraschaefer

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And then there's odd man out Elon Musk, who wrote a piece for the CAC about robots, clean energy, and colonizing Mars. Surrealist absurdity is my joy, and I cannot stop laughing. 10/x

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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

@kendraschaefer

2 years

The best part: There's no full online edition. Of the internet regulator's magazine. It's print only. Naturally, we subscribed. 6/x

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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

@kendraschaefer

3 years

Some heads are going to roll over the Zhengzhou flood disaster - "The State Council has decided to establish an investigation team led by the Emergency Management Department. The team hired experts to provide technical support for the investigation." 1/11

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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

@kendraschaefer

3 years

Moments ago, China passed its foundational Personal Information Protection Law. The full text has not yet been released. It will take effect November 1 this year.

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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

@kendraschaefer

2 years

2. We were watching to see if Xi would frame the US-China tensions as a strategic competition, a la Biden's national security strategy but he didn't really - external threats were framed as impending storms to be navigated. 3/x

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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

@kendraschaefer

3 years

Another new rule was added on safely recommending content to the elderly, the idea being to ensure algos don't pick up and spread scams and fraudulent posts that could victimize China's rapidly aging population. 6/11

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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

@kendraschaefer

2 years

2/ First, some background: While US internet rules tend to focus on protecting kids from cyberbullying and sexual predators, China's rules historically focus more heavily on preventing internet addiction in kids.

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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

@kendraschaefer

2 years

In terms of wealth distribution, Xi said China would: "Promote fair opportunities, increase the income of low-income people, expand middle-income groups, standardize the order of income distribution, and standardize wealth accumulation mechanisms." 6/x

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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

@kendraschaefer

2 years

So... that happened. Last Wednesday, Beijing’s Municipal government released a four-year action plan on developing the “digital human industry” — yes, that means 3D avatars typically powered partially by AI and partially by performers. 1/x

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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

@kendraschaefer

3 years

The push to maneuver China's digital economy and its real economy into a state of symbiosis is shaping up to be one of the biggest tech policy storylines over the next couple of years, and one global governments will read with interest. 12/12

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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

@kendraschaefer

2 years

3. Xi sorta kinda slightly provided a refined definition of what the Party means by "Common Prosperity." The fear has been that CP means some kind of forcible re-distribution of wealth. (Spoiler alert: It doesn't.) 5/x

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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

@kendraschaefer

3 years

Most strikingly, in the final version of China's rules, internet media was banned from using algorithms to "generate synthetic fake news information or disseminate it." 4/11

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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

@kendraschaefer

2 years

It has happened - China's cyberspace watchdog just ended the year-long investigation into Didi... with a USD 1.2 billion fine. Big money or no big money, Didi is probably feeling relieved. So - are Didi's problems over? A thread. 1/x

China fines Didi Global US$1.2 billion, ends year-long probe

The Cyberspace Administration of China has imposed a fine of 8.026 billion yuan (US$1.2 billion) against Didi Global.

www.scmp.com

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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

@kendraschaefer

2 years

Tencent Maps Beijing lockdown tracker has been updated. New sealed area in se corner of city, where multiple outbreaks occurred. 121 locations yesterday, 146 today. G'night folks.

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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

@kendraschaefer

1 year

According to policymakers, some of the biggest problems with China's existing sci-tech innovation system include: 1) There's nowhere near enough funding for basic research 2) State funding for innovation often gets misdirected, poorly utilized, or straight-up stolen 7/x

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Kendra Schaefer 凯娜

@kendraschaefer

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English translation ready by DigiChina! Read it -

Translation: Internet Information Service Algorithmic Recommendation Management Provisions –...

The following translation is based on DigiChina’s translation of an earlier draft of these provisions by Helen Toner, Rogier Creemers, and Graham Webster. It has been revised and updated to reflect...

digichina.stanford.edu

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