The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Thursday, November 17, 2016

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Communist Party leadership calls for fairer global governance of Internet
South China Morning Post, November 16, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2046645/communist-party-leadership-calls-fairer-global

Related:
《网络安全法》通过后 中国举办第三次世界互联网大会习近平再提网络主权 (China holds 3rd World Internet Conference after Cybersecurity Law passed, Xi Jinping reiterates about “cyber sovereignty”)
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xl2-11162016103016.html

Secret back door in some U.S. phones sent data to China, analysts say
中国公司被指在安卓手机留“后门”
The New York Times, November 16, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/us/politics/china-phones-software-security.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20161116/china-phones-software-security/dual/