Project Category: Phayul

Apple China removes VPN Apps that bypass Chinese censorship
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Apple China removes VPN Apps that bypass Chinese censorship

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,...

TAI screens documentary on cyber threat for Tibetans, gives presentation on WeChat perils
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TAI screens documentary on cyber threat for Tibetans, gives presentation on WeChat perils

Nathan Freitas, founder of the Guardian Project Nathan and Director of Technology at Tibet Action Institute, speaks at the screening of a documentary ‘Tibet: Frontline of the New Cyberwar’, McLeod Ganj, January 28, 2015/Phayul Photo: Kunsang Gashon DHARAMSHALA, January 28: The Tibet Action Institute (TAI), a New York based group that works towards cyber security...

Monk arrested for sharing Dalai Lama teaching on WeChat
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Monk arrested for sharing Dalai Lama teaching on WeChat

DHARAMSHALA, March 7: Chinese authorities have arrested senior Tibetan monk of Drongsar Monastery Chamdo region’s Pashoe County, a Tibetan exile told the RFA’s Tibetan service. Lobsang Choejor was arrested on March 4, according to the source, for alleged use of China based free mobile text and voice messaging service to disseminate information to the exile “separatist forces”....

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