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SURVEILLANCE

Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 25, 2023
African climate activists fight online surveillance
Online climate activism is on the rise in Africa — a continent that draws mining and oil companies to its rich mineral reserves. But so is surveillance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 17, 2023
Taiwan finds crashed weather balloon on remote island, likely Chinese
Taiwan has complained of increased harassment by Beijing's armed forces over the past three years.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 16, 2023
How a fog of questions over a spy balloon and UFOs fed a diplomatic crisis
U.S. officials now suspect that the balloon was sent to spy on bases in Guam and Hawaii, and that other downed objects were not surveillance machines.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 14, 2023
China’s top airship scientist promoted program to watch the world from above
Corporate records and media reports reveal an airship scientist at the center of China’s high-altitude balloon program. Companies he has founded were among those targeted by Washington.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 14, 2023
U.S. military says key sensors recovered from downed Chinese balloon
'Crews have been able to recover significant debris from the site, including all of the priority sensor and electronics pieces identified,' the U.S. military said in a statement.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2023
U.S. adds six Chinese entities tied to balloon program to export blacklist
The restrictions come after the U.S. said it would consider broader efforts to 'expose and address' China's larger surveillance activities that threaten national security and allies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 10, 2023
U.S. says China’s balloon was capable of spying on communications
The Biden administration sought to counter China’s insistence that it was a harmless weather-monitoring device that blew off course.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2023
Japan probing past unidentified aerial objects after China balloon incident in U.S.
A mysterious balloon-like object was spotted over the north of the country in June 2020, with residents posting pictures on social media.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 6, 2023
India's push for digital sovereignty risks more online surveillance
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been pushing for self-reliance in everything from manufacture to vaccine development, and especially technology.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 5, 2023
CCTV cameras will watch over Egyptians in new high-tech capital
Installing more than 6,000 surveillance cameras across the New Administrative Capital may help with safety, but it also gives authorities an unparalleled ability to police public spaces.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 25, 2022
U.K. government formally discourages use of Chinese surveillance cameras
Firms subject to the new order are those required by Chinese law to share intelligence with Beijing's security services.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Oct 13, 2022
Protestors experience force of Xi Jinping’s security machine
'Every time we turned up to rally, there were a large number of security and police already waiting,' Jack Yao said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 11, 2022
'Watched the whole time': China's surveillance state grows under Xi
Social controls have been turned against dissidents, activists and religious minorities, as well as ordinary people judged to have crossed the line.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2022
Watchdog recommends punishment for SMBC Nikko over alleged manipulation
The measures typically entail temporary business suspensions or orders to improve internal controls, among other things.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 19, 2022
Activists fear surveillance threat as China equips Belt and Road countries with spy tech
Beijing is selling extensive digital surveillance packages to old Silk Road governments under its signature infrastructure initiative.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2022
Hong Kong sees surge in charges under colonial sedition law
Since expanding the scope of China's national security law last December, authorities have increasingly been prosecuting unfavorable speech under a British law not used for decades.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 24, 2022
Saudi Arabia's 'surveillance city': Would you sell your data to The Line?
The country's poor human rights record does not bode well for responsible data usage or the safeguarding of individual privacy, digital rights experts say.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 8, 2022
A year on, Afghans hide out fearing death by data
In the past year, human rights groups and the U.N. have documented the killing or enforced disappearance of hundreds of former members of the security forces.

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