What next for Chinese tech apps?
China's efforts to exert more control over Hong Kong
China is trying to exert more control over Hong Kong - efforts which are making the tech giants of Silicon Valley nervous. The authorities are trying to crack down on what's become known as "doxxing" that鈥檚 revealing someone鈥檚 personal information without their permission - police officers in Hong Kong have been frequent targets of this during anti-government protests. Asia Internet Coalition, a group representing firms including Amazon, Facebook and Twitter, has written to the Hong Kong government to express concern about these new proposed new privacy laws. They say it could make them liable for the malicious sharing of private information online.
Also in the programme, we hear from Stacie Marshall - a farmer in Georgia - who, after discovering her family had owned slaves, decided to try and make amends and reparations.
Plus, Iceland has been experimenting with a four day week for workers, which researches say has been "an overwhelming success"
And, the Cannes film festival gets under way in the south of France today.
PHOTO: Hong Kong/Reuters
Last on
More episodes
Broadcast
- Wed 7 Jul 2021 00:06GMT大象传媒 World Service
Podcast
-
Business Matters
Global business and finance news and discussion from the 大象传媒