China is mining social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to collect data on western targets for military, police and government agencies. According to the Washington Post, which reviewed bid documents and contracts for more than 300 Chinese government projects dating back to early 2020, the government is buying newer and more sophisticated data surveillance systems to collect information about foreign entities. increase. The document revealed the purchase of $ 320,000 China’s state-owned media software mining social media to create a database of foreign journalists and scholars. Authorities also purchased a $ 216,000 Beijing Police Intelligence Program for Hong...