(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google said on Friday that it would no longer provide data in response to requests from Hong Kong authorities following the introduction of a new national security law imposed by China. The U.S. tech giant had not produced any data since the sweeping new law …
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Chinese tech giant ByteDance censored content that it considered critical of the Chinese government on its news aggregator app in Indonesia from 2018 to mid-2020, six people with direct knowledge of the case told Reuters. Logos of Bytedance, the China-based company that shows the short video app …
Read More »Three more U.S. states are launching coronavirus exposure warning apps
OAKLAND, Caliph. (Reuters) – North Dakota, Wyoming and Alabama are the latest U.S. states to launch apps to warn users about potential exposure to the new coronavirus by following their conversations, state officials told Reuters on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: The 1919 mobile app, which North Dakota and South Dakota officials …
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FILE PHOTO: The 1919 mobile app, which North Dakota and South Dakota officials have asked residents to download to help with contact detection during the global outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), is viewed on a phone call, US April 24, 2020. REUTERS / Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Caliph. (Reuters) – North Dakota, …
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