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Russia rounds up allies of Kremlin foe Navalny in protest warning
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police in Moscow on Thursday detained several allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, including his spokeswoman, for making calls online to join unauthorised street protests to demand his release.
WikiLeaks' Assange denied bail by London court over risk he might abscond again
LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was denied bail on Wednesday by a British judge who said he might flee justice while the United States tries again to secure his extradition, a decade after he enraged Washington by publishing troves of secret documents.
Environment and Water Minister hopes woman in viral video who dumped trash into river will apologise
In the video, a car can be seen stopping at the side of a bridge to allow a woman to discard two plastic bags into the river.
Rumours swirl over whereabouts of China’s Jack Ma
Several Western media outlets have reported the disappearance of Jack Ma, China’s most prominent businessman, and co-founder of e-commerce and entertainment giant Alibaba. Some reports claim Ma hasn’t been seen in public for some two months.
Investigated, jailed, killed: China’s young gaming tycoons suffered in 2020, as did their companies
Three of China’s billionaire gaming executives have faced investigation, criminal conviction and death, adding to the tumult of the country’s gaming industry. Lin Qi, an executive producer for Netflix’s The Three-Body Problem, drew international attention when he died on Christmas from a suspected poisoning.
Amnesty: Facebook, Google becoming ‘human rights-free zones’ in Vietnam
Facebook and Google are fast becoming “human rights-free zones” in Vietnam, Amnesty International warned on Dec 1, accusing the tech titans of helping censor peaceful dissent and political expression in the country.
Amnesty: Vietnam steps up online crackdown, jailed activists at record high
The number of political prisoners in Vietnam has reached its highest on record, according to a tally by Amnesty International, which in a report on Tuesday accused Facebook and Google of censorship in the South-East Asian country.
Arab Spring: the first smartphone revolution
Social media and smartphones briefly gave youthful Arab Spring protesters a technological edge that helped topple ageing dictatorships a decade ago as their revolutionary spirit went viral.
Facebook touts free speech. In Vietnam, it’s aiding in censorship
For months, Bui Van Thuan, a chemistry teacher turned crusading blogger in Vietnam, published one scathing Facebook post after another on a land dispute between villagers and the communist government.
Tech and theft: How crooks are undermining attempts to bridge the country’s digital divide
The government’s efforts to improve broadband coverage in Sarawak are hampered by vandals.
