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language. this keeps me and pick up a uniquely to interact with the same thing you want to do their story. writing and reliable information for migrants. coming. over 800000000 people use the internet in china but things look a lot different there than elsewhere facebook and google blocked for example what's the internet like behind the chinese fire wall i want topic today. most of the world uses products from google apple facebook and amazon or god but not china there are 3 homegrown tech giants. dominate the industry they're called

by. and. also known as. in china but i do replace with google. and is more popular than facebook is here but that's not all. but i do smurf service instead of google maps where you go instead of twitter and tweet church instead of what's up. in china separate providers for almost every online service available in the west but they're far more than just copies in many fields like live streaming. and online payment chinese providers have become global leaders don't you know stockman is a professor at they had to school of governance in berlin and an expert on china's digital trends she says users play a big role in these developments main difference between chinese users and european users is that chinese internet users a fast adopters so when there is

a new platform they will immediately go and try it out. we chat alone has more than $1000000000.00 users a month. pain is the leading mobile payment service it works in supermarkets and at restaurants hardly anyone uses cash in china anymore users can even book doctor appointments. which is like a super without it getting around in china isn't easy. social media platforms like we chat for example emphasize less the distribution of information but more social networking so we chat was invented as a means to develop what's called in china. social connection. video streaming services are especially popular in china. instead of future netflix tencent video. i keep you. popular platforms for short

videos that last around 15 seconds are flooded with $800000000.00 visitors each month. the current market leader is done with the program. outside of china we know it asked to talk. another innovation to video streaming is on the platform user comments are displayed live as the video plays. things are trending more and more towards live streaming the market leader counts $25000000.00 active users every month and the company takes user supervision very seriously with the help of ai more than $1000.00 schuman content managers monitor streams for violations they look for pornography depictions of violence and calls to violence but smoking on screen or showing last could also get your car a lot the tiny state has started much earlier than u.s.

based and european platforms to develop a vast institutional infrastructure in order to control and censor content in the west this is called quantum moderation in china they call it content management but china doesn't stop at moderating content it's created an enormous fire wall to shield its users from the rest of the digital world this comes in handy for many chinese part forms because it eliminates foreign competition but it also makes it easier to silence uncomfortable opinions how does it all work it is basically a huge huge vast either net connection that is connected by a very few servers to the global internet and. because all traffic has to go through these servers the chinese government is able to block certain

content in china foreign web sites are mostly inaccessible when the content the scene is not conforming to chinese government regulations their ip addresses are simply blocked that applies to google the most you search engine in the world as well as the user administered online encyclopedia pedia and even websites. chinese online services are usually censored before they even reach the public show chang is familiar with this phenomenon is a human rights activist and editor in chief of the china digital times the advantage of those chinese companies are the promise of the government they hire become pasty to censor and control like contents so they will not they will listen to the government or they will actually preemptively deleting lot of accountants before the internet police even take a look at the messaging up we can use algorithms to prevent the transfer of photos

in real time. kind of his university of toronto citizen lab found this out the image of an empty chair commemorating a dead human rights activist simply doesn't go through to chat partners in china. so if upload a picture to share with a friend it's immediately compared to a database if it raises concern there the pictures are simply not sent the whole process is completely automated with image recognition software while it's technically fascinating the socio political consequences are terrifying she also young says online censorship has massively increased under general secretary xi jinping now the chinese internet it's much more a politically quiet place. it's still commercially very vibrant culturally still full of activities innovations.

in the last of its political action intense of a lens has all but politically silenced china's internet but the government is not satisfied with just blocking and filtering out on one of the pinions it also keeps looking for new ways to use technology to its advantage the communist party of china has its own and it's been especially successful. digital politics the communist party of china keeps citizens in line with a little red app in the beginning of 2019 she jungle which means as much as study to make the nation strong was the most downloaded app in china even more than we chat and do you mean. the propaganda tool spreads the views of the general secretary of the communist party xi jinping uses must register with a telephone number and their real names in order to study political articles to comment little puzzles they rewarded coupons and prizes just like in mobile games

hong kong activist joshua long is critical of the way millions of chinese people are directly manipulated in this way he says the voluntary civic education platform is a surveillance tool this implied the rise off digital. in china and it shows how. true it's propaganda and ideology there we go muslim minority in northwest china they are being monitored very closely the region is like a testing ground for total states available police officers into what's called the integrated joint operation perform the program collects extensive personal data and flags individuals who appear potentially dangerous the organization should. and rights watch analyzed the program on its surface most of this information looks

like standard fare for police but as we dig deeper into the hour we can see that ordinary routine regal behavior is being treated by authorities as suspect the data gathered in citizens is shockingly comprehensive and includes information ranging from religious affiliations and driver's licenses to employment records it even gathers data on residential energy consumption movement patterns filmed by the ever present surveillance cameras if something appears out of the ordinary consequences can be devastating for example its help single out and detain approximately 1000000 people from the week are minority. recent studies show that the state is not only monitoring residents but also foreigners who end of the country by land at the border police install an app on their smartphones that scans contacts images videos and voice messages for certain key words there are 73000 terms steve suspicious even the picture of

a mosque could raise eyebrows and other chinese regions surveillance is not as massive here the internet can also polls a great opportunity this is possible in theory as long as you stick to certain rules. one way to start online discussions and spread news is way about it's similar to twitter china's largest micro blogging platform when they use wave or they're using it as a means to. come out with new stories that often are picked up and go viral and they're picked up by market based media and then funneled into the center of public discourse one example is the discussion of working hours that the founders of the startup dimension of kicked off they developed encryption software but on the site they engaged in the fight against the heavy workload from the tech industry. the so-called. 996 phenomenon working from 9 in the morning till 9 in the evening 6 days a week is a violation of chinese labor laws. they also speak with successful businessmen like

ali baba founded jacques mom who compares work to love. despite all that it's very important to them to not be perceived as political activists here's what they had to say in an interview the 1st question he asked me is are you aware of just. why this. you know. despite various berry is online political debate is possible in china to a certain extent. chinese internet users are incredibly politically active and they can criticize policies specifically leaders becomes more sensitive because as soon as you mention a specific person by name topics become more sensitive and if you organize collective action chances are that your information your messages will be removed.

when we look at the internet behind china's fire wall we get a glimpse into the future there's live streaming and mobile payment but there's also reaching surveillance and heavy state control users and platforms alike are quick to censor themselves to avoid sanctions this makes a free and open democratic discussion practically impossible behind china's firewall the internet culture and economy are surprisingly dynamic vibrant and diverse but personally the prize i'd have to pay for that would be too high for me what do you guys think that was on you tube facebook and e.w. dot com that's all for today take care and see you next time.

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