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Lithuania wants to ban Chinese phones from its government departments

The Baltic state is doubling down after its defence ministry told consumers to "throw away" their Chinese-made smartphones last week.

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Xiaomi slams Lithuania report that says its devices censor users

Lithuania advised people to throw away their Xiaomi smartphones after a report found one of their mobiles had built-in censorship capabilities.

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'Throw away your Chinese phone,' says Lithuania in new report

A report by the country's cyber security agency found that one Chinese smartphone had built-in censorship tech that could detect terms like "Free Tibet".

Spain

Almodóvar criticises algorithms after Instagram restores film poster

The poster shows a woman's nipple with milk dripping from it.

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Russia

Russian court hands Oleg Navalny suspended sentence

The 38-year-old brother of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny was found guilty of 'incitement to breach sanitary rules' by calling for street protests.

Russia

Two news websites and aid group shut down by Russian authorities

News websites Otkrytye and MBKh Media, as well the Pravozashchita Otkrytki aid group, announced they had "no option" but to close on Thursday due to safety concerns.

China

Hong Kong police arrest unionists for 'sedition' over children's book

The five members of the General Association of Hong Kong Speech Therapists were detained in connection with a series of books about sheep, which police said were thought to be allegorical.

Poland

Polish broadcaster slams government's proposed changes to media law

The draft proposals would bar non-European ownership of Polish media and have been read by critics as deliberately targeting TVN, a government-critical broadcaster that is American-owned.

Tech News

Hong Kong security law used to close overseas pro-democracy website

Web host Wix was asked by Hong Kong police to shut down a website run by exiled activists. It has since reinstated it and apologised.

Turkey

Turkey violated rights of jailed journalist Ahmet Altan, ECHR finds

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Turkey violated veteran journalist Ahmet Altan's rights to liberty and freedom of expression by jailing him on terrorism charges after the failed 2016 coup.

Italy

Italy brings the curtain down on state censorship of films

Hundreds of films have been censored in Italy, most famously Bernardo Bertolucci's 1972 classic "Last Tango In Paris".

The Cube

Oversight Board overturns four Facebook decisions to remove content

The independent panel also issued nine policy recommendations to the company in its first review of Facebook's content moderation.

The Cube

Turkey bans advertising on Twitter, Pinterest under social media law

NGOs have warned that social networks risk "becoming instruments of state censorship" in Turkey under the legislation.

The Cube

Explained: Social networks face backlash over misinformation methods

The decision by Facebook and Twitter to restrict a controversial article by the New York Post on Joe Biden has opened a wider debate about how social media companies tackle misinformation. Twitter has since reversed a decision to block access to the article.

Turkey

Netflix 'told to drop gay character' to get Turkey's green light

The series' creator, screenwriter Ece Yorenc, said the streaming giant cancelled the drama on the eve of filming after the government blocked the project.

China

Hong Kongers get creative with protests to skirt new security law

Faced with stiff punishments under Beijing's new security law, Hong Kong protesters are finding creative ways to circumvent the new reality.

Turkey

President Erdoğan vows to curb social media in Turkey

Alleged insults were directed to his daughter and son-in-law when they announced the birth of their fourth child on Twitter.

World News

Euroviews. Internet companies are learning lessons during COVID-19 to make the future internet safer ǀ View

COVID-19 has forced governments, communities and companies to do things that were up to this point unimaginable. Internet companies, too, have challenged themselves and their systems to tackle a crisis that is unprecedented in the internet era.

The Cube

Turkey blocks Twitter, Facebook after deadly airstrike

Turkey blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram after an airstrike killed at least 33 of its troops in Idlib, according to internet monitoring groups.

Russia

Controversial new Russian internet law could increase censorship

A new Russian internet law came into effect on November 1 that hands Moscow the power to disconnect the country's internet to protect it from a cyber-attack or other incident.