DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 2: Against the back drop of China’s intensifying Internet censorship drive, tech giant Apple has removed many Virtual Private Network (VPN) Apps from its Chinese App store over the weekend. BBC which cited data from www.aso100.com, reported that more than 60 VPNs were no longer available in Apple’s China App Store. In January,...
Author: Tibet Action Institute (Tibet Action Institute)
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The high-tech war on Tibetan communication
The Chinese digital security state versus a small exile community.
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China surveillance: WeChat users’ messages on Dalai Lama, Tibet disappear
The Tibet Action Institute found that the keyword combination “Kalachakra + Dalai Lama + Tibetan” was blocked in group chats between users in India and China.
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Report finds extensive censorship of Tibet related posts on China’s top video sharing site
DHARAMSHALA, DEC. 1: Tibet related contents on a prominent video sharing site in China is being censored “aggressively and systematically” in order to limit awareness and information on Tibet and Tibetan related issues, according to a new research paper by the US based Tibet Action Institute. “Although content blockage on issues related to Tibet by...
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Erasing Tibet: Censorship on Chinese Video Sharing Site Youku
30 November 2016, Tibet Action Institute Dharamsala – Tibet Action Institute released a report on November 30th, 2016 titled, Erasing Tibet: Censorship on Chinese Video Sharing Site Youku, documenting censorship of Tibet-related content on the popular Chinese video sharing site Youku. All social media companies operating in China must follow rules and regulations around content filtering....
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New Comic Recounts Successful Campaign by Tibetans inside Tibet
A new comic story recounts a successful campaign by Tibetans in Tibet“The Story of Zatoe” is a heartwarming story of the Tibetan people’s struggle, resilience, and defiance against China’s corruption and mining activities inside Tibet as told through a fictionalized character called Dicky and her yak Thangoma.The United States based Tibet Action Institute (TAI) has...
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Cyber Tibet Oct 28, 2016
Cyber Tibet looks at the Dalai Lama’s Facebook Live program that drew over one million viewers, Tibetan Action Institute’s online comic on how Tibetan activists in Zatoe protected their sacred mountains, speaks with Lobsang Palden on his regular Lhakar action since 2009, interviews New York City based pop singer Yeshi Khando on her Facebook Live...
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MASASHI CRETE-NISHIHATA ON CHINESE CENSORSHIP OF TIBETAN CONTENT
Tibetan protests for free speech and expression in Chinese-controlled Tibet and its associated content online are often the subject of Chinese censorship mechanisms. News of self immolations in Chinese-controlled Tibet often fail to spread quickly, as information controls mean that what would otherwise be instantaneously shared is either stopped completely or only trickles out slowly. When Sonam Tso, a mother of...
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China- Journalists Detail Official Efforts to Put Down and Hide Protests of Minorities
China: Journalists Detail Official Efforts to Put Down and Hide Protests of Minorities Yaqui Wang, Northeast Asia correspondent with the Committee to Protect Journalists is one of many Journalists to detail in depth how China’s authoritarian regime has been a keen supporter of information control, especially when it comes to the Tibetan and Uyghur communities....
