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South Korean child rapist Cho Doo-soon. Photo: Handout

Relocation of South Korea’s notorious child rapist sparks outrage, legal debate

Authorities ramp up security measures after Cho Doo-soon’s move to a new place just 2km from his previous home in Ansan alarms residents.

Hong Kong police install 504 CCTVs, with possible use for counterterrorism

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TSMC challenges report US is probing whether it made chips for Huawei

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Chinese officials told to ‘sift out losers’ to stop random attacks on public

Authorities under orders to step up screening of people with emotional or financial problems following a series of random knife attacks on strangers.

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Three people were killed in a knife attack in Shanghai last month. Photo: Weibo/瓜王本律

185 arrested in 3-day crackdown on triad-related activities in Hong Kong

Officers round up suspects after raiding gambling dens and searching entertainment venues, including mahjong parlours and nightclubs.

Hong Kong to deploy 6,000 officers aided by surveillance system on National Day

More personnel needed to enforce crowd control measures, particularly during fireworks display, insider says.

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US FTC slams TikTok, Meta and Twitch over data used by AI

YouTube, social media platform X, Snap, Discord and Reddit were also included in the FTC report.

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Social media and video streaming companies continue to face scrutiny from US regulators over data concerns. Photo: NurPhoto/Zuma Press/TNS

2024 or 1984? Films from Singapore and Japan tackle surveillance

Stranger Eyes, Happyend and 2073 take a worrying look at surveillance in Singapore, Japan and a Chairperson Trump-led future, respectively.

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South Korea rips cameras out of military bases over Chinese surveillance fears

Korean intelligence agencies discovered the Chinese origins of more than 1,300 cameras during a routine inspection, forcing their removal.

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US warns of ‘new and heightened risks’ in Hong Kong due to security laws

The multi-agency Hong Kong Business Advisory said that a security ordinance passed in March could affect businesses and individuals operating in the city.

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A wanted poster of fugitive activist Nathan Law Kwun-chung, whose passport was cancelled under the city’s domestic national security law. The US has warned that Hong Kong’s new security ordinance increases risks to businesses and individuals operating there. Photo: Sam Tsang

Review | Stranger Eyes, unsettling Singaporean drama about being watched

Yeo Siew Hua muses over Singapore’s use of security cameras in his voyeuristic anti-thriller about surveillance of a missing child’s parents.

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A still from Stranger Eyes. Photo: Akanga Film Asia

Eyeing China, US plans to deploy satellites to track targets by 2030s

Senior Space Force official describes Beijing and Moscow as ‘pacing challenges’ that can ‘target and destroy space systems’ in all orbits.

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Hong Kong police on hunt for evidence after HK$110,000 currency exchange burglary

‘A preliminary count shows around 100,000 yuan and several hundreds of Hong Kong dollars were stolen from the store,’ the force says.

China mutes law professor on social media after cybersecurity ID plan criticism

Before the switch-off, Lao Dongyan compared online attacks of her views to the Cultural Revolution’s big character posters.

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Tsinghua University legal expert Lao Dongyan has been muted on Weibo, where she has nearly 800,000 followers. Photo: Baidu

China plan for cybersecurity ID could be a path to social control: legal experts

Draft identity measures aim to reduce sensitive personal information online but may lead to tighter monitoring, observers say.

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Chinese authorities are seeking public comment on a proposal to cut down the amount of personal information shared with online platforms. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong police surveillance cameras in public places to get facial recognition

Security minister says number of surveillance cameras with facial recognition technology will increase by up to 2,500 a year.

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From the sky to the sea: how China and US are racing to win the game of drones

Drawing on Gaza and Ukraine lessons, both sides are racing to incorporate AI in faster, smarter strategies for future conflicts.

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China woman denied compensation over blocking surveillance cameras with umbrellas

A series of courts refused a woman’s compensation claim after she was fired in 2019 for using umbrellas to obstruct surveillance cameras in the office.

Corporate management complained that the woman used umbrellas to hide her desk from supervisors. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

Chinese provinces use AI in move to stop cheating in university entrance exams

In an exam setting, AI allows massive amounts of surveillance video to be processed and reviewed quickly to detect violations.

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AI for surveilling corrupt officials? Inside a police equipment fair in China

A new camera surveillance system can monitor a detainee’s vital signs, facial expressions and suicide risk.

UK spying case puts Hong Kong trade offices in London, elsewhere in cross hairs

Hong Kong trade office in London was where former city leader Carrie Lam and ex-finance chief John Tsang nurtured their budding government careers.

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

In North Korea, citizens are closely watched – with the help of Chinese tech

Stimson Centre’s Martyn Williams said Pyongyang ‘overly relies on imported Chinese technology’ to exert grip on citizens via a ‘pervasive’ digital tracking system.

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North Korean soldiers patrolling a border area with China. The isolated nation has boosted efforts to use cameras and facial recognition to track its population. Photo: Kyodo

Indonesia’s rights groups call for transparency in nation’s purchase of spyware

The “murky ecosystem” of buyers, sellers and brokers has also made it hard for public procurement oversight on such purchases, the Amnesty International report said.

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Opinion | How China can face up to accusations of mass surveillance

The rollback of face scanning in hotels across the country is a good start. Citizens’ concerns about privacy in sectors including finance and transport must also be addressed.

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China’s ‘zero-Covid’ rules are history. So why is Beijing hanging on to the past?

Xinhua has called for an end to ‘outdated practices’ amid complaints about some pandemic-era movement controls still in place in Beijing, such as for subway travel, and hospital and campus visits.

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Beijing’s subway operator says the real-name system for boarding is in line with existing rail transit safety regulations in the capital. Photo: Reuters

Exclusive | EU ‘dawn raids’ target Chinese surveillance kit maker Nuctech

Authorities said to have entered premises of Dutch and Polish subsidiaries of a mainland firm involved in the manufacture of surveillance equipment.

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European Union flags fly outside the organisation’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

Germany arrests 3 on suspicion of spying for China, as Britain charges 2

Developments hours apart come amid rising anxiety in some European capitals over the threat of Beijing’s surveillance practices.

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North Korea buying Chinese surveillance cameras in push to tighten control

North Korea state media reports show that video surveillance is becoming more common at schools, workplaces and airports, researchers wrote in a new report.

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9 September, 2024
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