E-SPEAIT Week 11
China is a well known
example of online censorship. Not only do they block popular apps, social media
apps and search engines, but also news sites. The world is becoming more
connected online, but China doesn’t seem to care. It has been taken to a level
where you need to have a license just to have your own website, app, blog or
forum. It’s estimated that 96% of online traffic in Chine goes through Chinese
servers. All this censorship has been turned into success by some local
companies. Tencent and Alibaba are aren’t just some of the biggest companies in
China, but in the entire world. By blocking rival companies like Google and
Amazon, people don’t have other choices therefore helping its own companies.
China even introduced a law which requires internet companies to register names
of users to aid government.
Due to the stay-at-home
orders Google services are more dominant in schools than before. Teachers use
Google Classroom to manage their online classes. Google also has student
versions of Gmail, Calendar and Docs. More users could also mean more problems.
Two children from America are suing Google for allegedly collecting biometric
data. The complaint says that the data is used to create face templates and
voiceprints of children. The data collection is said to be violating Illinois’ Biometric
Information Privacy Act (BIPA) which regulates biometric technologies in the
state. Also likely to violate the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act which
requires sites to get parental consent of users who are under 13, to collect
personal information.
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