China is looking to gain more control over its largest tech companies, including Tencent, Weibo and a unit of Alibaba. According to a news report from The Wall Street Journal, the Chinese government not only wants a stake in the companies, but also wants to...
Tencent’s WeChat, Baidu and Weibo were all fined the maximum penalties by China’s cyber regulators for allowing content that was banned by the government. According to a Reuters news report, the move on the part of China’s cyber watchdog comes as the country is cracking...
The Chinese government is planning to step up its national cybersecurity by setting up police units at the major Internet companies to avert fraud, crimes and rumors, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. While the Ministry of Public Security didn’t specify the companies it would...
October 12, 2017
China is looking to gain more control over its largest tech companies, including Tencent, Weibo and a unit of Alibaba. According to a news report from The Wall Street Journal, the Chinese government not only wants a stake in the companies, but also wants to have a say in corporate decisions. As a result, regulators […]
