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Taiwan: Censorship and surveillance allegations against Xiaomi – Market Research Telecast

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Xiaomi 10T 5G smartphones sold in Taiwan can filter sensitive political terms and block links to related websites. The National Communication Commission (NCC) of Taiwan said in a press release that the program is also able to transmit the websites visited by users to servers in Beijing. Accordingly, terms such as “free Tibet”, “Taiwanese independence” and “independent Hong Kong media” as well as the names of Taiwanese political parties and Chinese political leaders are blocked. The censorship works in English as well as in traditional and simplified Chinese, according to the tests of the NCC. Xiaomi rejects allegations A program…

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