Jack Dorsey says Apple removed his Bluetooth P2P messaging app Bitchat, used during protests in five countries, from the App Store in China at the CAC's request
Bitchat launched in July last year and has been used during protests in Madagascar, Uganda, Nepal, Indonesia and Iran …
Sources: Apple talked to local tech firms to power Apple Intelligence in China; a CAC official says approval without a partner is a “difficult and long process”
Official at top regulator says path to approval will be easier if US tech group finds local partners
Sources: China's CAC requires AI companies to prepare between 20K and 70K questions designed to test whether their AI models produce safe answers before release
and Risks Strangling It. Government support helps China's generative AI companies gain ground on U.S. competitors, but political controls threaten to weigh them down. @lizalinwsj https://www.wsj.com/....
The CAC's scrutiny of Shein, which has never sold products in China and moved its global HQ to Singapore in 2021, shows the long reach of Chinese regulators
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Sources: the Cybersecurity Administration of China has approved only ~25% of data export applications since a data security law took effect in September 2022
allowing some data to be sent abroad without review — and more permissions have been granted since then, multiple data security lawyers said it took at least six months for companies to pass a CAC rev...
Sources: Didi fears further retribution and sanctions by Chinese regulators; its app remains unavailable two weeks after CAC's fine was expected to lift the ban
Financial Times : Tweets: @sariarhohavren and @muradahmed Tweets: @sariarhohavren : “The CAC lambasted the company's data practices, saying it ‘seriously impacted national security’.” “The gov does n...
Developers say the App Store has started rejecting updates for apps using third-party SDKs that collect data that can be used for device fingerprinting
here's why Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac : Snap has tested workaround to App Tracking Transparency; 95% effective Mike Peterson / AppleInsider : Snap explored ways to bypass Apple's App Tracking Transparency ...
Speaking at event organized by the CAC, China's internet censorship agency, Tim Cook says 1.8M devs have earned ~$17B so far through Apple's App Store in China
WUZHEN, China (Reuters) - Apple Inc's chief executive Tim Cook said developers using its platform in China number 1.8 million …
China's internet regulator, CAC, issues new rules, effective June 1, requiring online news services to be managed by party-sanctioned editorial staff
China on Tuesday issued tighter rules for online news portals and network providers, the latest step in President Xi Jinping's push to secure …