China demands local app stores register with authorities
Jan15
The Chinese government is notorious for exerting a huge amount of control over the Internet. It employs an army of professional trolls and censors, and the so-called Great Firewall dictates what over a billion people can view online. Now, it’s casting its eye to the last Wild West of the Chinese Internet – app stores. According to the New York Times, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAA) has decreed that app stores must register with the government in order to continue operating legally in the country. This move will go into effect from January 16, and will see the government…
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