According to the National Communications Commission (NCC), the Xiaomi Mi 10T 5G smartphones offered in Taiwan include seven built-in apps that can filter over 2,000 politically sensitive terms. The NCC noted in a press release on Thursday evening (Jan. 6) that the Mi 10T 5G smartphones might download a program called “MiAdBlacklisConfigur” from the servers of globalapi.ad.xiaomi.com through seven built-in apps. It cautioned that this program targets politically sensitive phrases and prohibits cell phones from linking to linked websites, and that these apps are also capable of transmitting users’ internet history to Beijing servers. The National Communications Commission (NCC) is...