law U.S. appeals court rejects Trump's WeChat ban, for now Xeni Jardin

Business WeChat users in U.S. will not be penalized, says Justice Department Xeni Jardin

surveillance Foreigners visiting China are increasingly stumped by its cashless society Cory Doctorow

censorship How Wechat censors images in private chats Cory Doctorow

censorship The most censored Wechat topics: US-China trade war, Canadian arrest of Huawei CFO, ZTE sanctions, more Cory Doctorow

china Hangzhou zoo in China insists its sun bears are not people in costumes Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 Shanghai Disney requires a negative Covid test to leave Thom Dunn

china Chinese e-commerce platform bans "Lie Flat Cat" merchandise for violating "public order and morality" Mark Frauenfelder

Flash Chinese railway station knocked offline when Flash stops being supported Clive Thompson

Technology Judge to decide by Sunday if TikTok will remain in U.S. app stores Xeni Jardin

TikTok admits secretly banning the word "gay" and similar terms in Russia, elsewhere Rob Beschizza

politics 'Untrusted' Chinese apps like TikTok and WeChat must be banned from U.S. app stores, says Pompeo promoting 'Clean Network' Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Wuhan woman boasts about beating coronavirus check so she could fly to Paris for Michelin-star meal Mark Frauenfelder

china A Wechat-based "mobile court" presided over by a chatbot has handled 3m legal procedures since March Cory Doctorow

privacy Chinese law professor's social media denunciation of facial recognition in the Beijing subway system Cory Doctorow

youtube Banned from Youtube, Chinese propagandists are using Pornhub to publish anti-Hong Kong videos Cory Doctorow

security China's new cybersecurity rules ban foreign companies from using VPNs to phone home Cory Doctorow

Business Pinduoduo: China's "Groupon on steroids" Cory Doctorow

deepfakes 'Deepfake face swap' app ZAO is making people afraid of the future Xeni Jardin

Business Facebook expects up to $5 billion FTC fine over privacy Xeni Jardin