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☆ China's cyberspace regulator summons Alibaba's Quark, Netease CC over vulgar content
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] The logo of Alibaba Group is lit up at its office building in Beijing, China August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBEIJING, Oct 30 (Reuters) - China's cyberspace regulator on Monday fined the Alibaba-owned (9988.HK) Quark platform 500,000 yuan ($68,342.42) for hosting and promoting vulgar content. The regulator also ordered Netease's (9999.HK) livestream platform Netease CC to suspend the broadcast of some types of dance content for seven days due to vulgar content, the Cyberspace Administration of China said in a statement. Quark said it attaches great important to the matter and relevant illegal content has been banned on the platform, China's state-backed Securities Times reported. ($1 = 7.3161 Chinese yuan renminbi)Reporting by Beijing Newsroom, Editing by Louise HeavensOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Tingshu Wang, Netease's, Quark, Louise Heavens Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, HK, Quark, Cyberspace Administration, Securities Times, Beijing, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China, Rights BEIJING

☆ Pakistan joins China's club of lunar base partners
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BEIJING, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Pakistan has joined China's expanding club of partners in an ambitious project to build a research station on the moon's south pole. Jointly with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwar ul Haq Kakar witnessed the signing of an initial cooperation agreement in Beijing on Wednesday. The China National Space Administration said on Friday cooperation would cover areas including the engineering and operational aspects of the Chinese lunar base programme. China, which aims to become a major space power by 2030, has already secured cooperation from Russia, Venezuela and South Africa. It has fixed a target to land its astronauts on the moon by the end of this decade.

Persons: Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Anwar ul Haq Kakar, Ryan Woo, Deborah Kyvrikosaios Organizations: Chinese Premier, China National Space Administration, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, Pakistan, Beijing, China, Russia, Venezuela, South Africa, U.S

☆ China's Didi plans 2024 Hong Kong listing - Bloomberg News
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A Didi logo is seen at the headquarters of Didi Chuxing in Beijing, China November 20, 2020. REUTERS/Florence Lo/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 13 (Reuters) - China's biggest ride-hailing company, Didi Global, aims to list its shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange next year, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company delisted from the New York Stock Exchange in 2022 after it ran afoul of Chinese regulators by pushing ahead with a $4.4 billion listing in the U.S in July 2021. Didi was banned by Chinese regulators from taking on new users and its app not available from mid-2021 until January 2023. Didi has contemplated a Hong Kong listing previously, Reuters has reported, with a listing by introduction where new capital is not raised as one option.

Persons: Didi Chuxing, Florence, Didi Global, Didi, Gursimran Kaur, Scott Murdoch, Sonia Cheema, Jamie Freed, Gerry Doyle Organizations: REUTERS, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Bloomberg, Reuters, New York Stock Exchange, Cyberspace Administration of China, CAC, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China, U.S, New York, Hong Kong, United States, Bengaluru

☆ China proposes blacklist of training data for generative AI models
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsBEIJING, Oct 12 (Reuters) - China has published proposed security requirements for firms offering services powered by generative artificial intelligence, including a blacklist of sources that cannot be used to train AI models. Generative AI, popularised by the success of OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot, learns how to take actions from past data, and creates new content like text or images based on that training. The committee proposes conducting a security assessment of each body of content used to train public-facing generative AI models, with those containing "more than 5% of illegal and harmful information" to be blacklisted. The draft rules also state that information censored on the Chinese internet should not be used to train models. The draft security requirements published on Wednesday require organisations training these AI models to seek the consent of individuals whose personal information, including biometric data, is used for training purposes.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, OpenAI's, Eduardo Baptista, Jane Merriman, Jan Harvey Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, National Information Security, Cyberspace Administration of China, CAC, Ministry of Industry, Information Technology, Baidu, HK, U.S, Thomson Locations: Rights BEIJING, China

☆ China plans to ease one of the biggest hurdles for foreign business
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

China News Service | China News Service | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Chinese authorities are signaling a softer stance on once-stringent data rules, among recent moves to ease regulation for business, especially foreign ones. But foreign businesses have found it difficult to comply — if not operate — due to vague wording on terms such as "important data." The country's top executive body, the State Council, in August revealed a 24-point plan for supporting foreign business operations in the country. The text included a call to reduce the frequency of random inspections for companies with low credit risk, and promoting data flows with "green channels" for certain foreign businesses. When U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo visited China in August, she called for more action to improve predictability for U.S. businesses in China.

Persons: Reva Goujon, Goujon, Gabriel Wildau, Gina Raimondo, Martin Chorzempa, Samm Sacks, Yale Law School Paul, Chorzempa, Sacks, Beijing's Organizations: China News Service, Getty, Cyberspace Administration of China, Government, European Union Chamber of Commerce, CNBC, EU, State, China Corporate, CAC, State Council, Commerce, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Yale Law School, Yale Law School Paul Tsai China Center and New, Baidu Locations: Chongqing, BEIJING, China, Beijing, Covid, U.S, Yale Law School Paul Tsai China Center and New America

☆ CNBC Daily Open: The September jobs report is key
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Bracing for the jobs reportU.S. stocks dipped slightly Thursday as investors braced for the September job report coming out today. JPMorgan Chase's Marko Kolanovic thinks the S&P 500 might be slammed by a 20% sell-off if high interest rates persist. In other words, the gap between cheap and expensive stocks is larger than usual — which gives value investors a "tremendous opportunity."

Persons: Hong, Tencent, JPMorgan Chase's Marko Kolanovic, I'm, Bill Nygren, Nygren Organizations: CNBC, Treasury, Administration, European Union Chamber of Commerce Locations: Asia, Pacific, China

The spacecraft would also make room for 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of foreign science payloads, the agency said on its website. This could allow overseas partners to conduct lunar research by “piggybacking” off the mission, Chinese state media said. China is not alone in elevating its space program and lunar ambitions as multiple countries eye the potential scientific benefit, national prestige and access to resources and further deep space exploration that successful moon missions could bring. That same week, Russia’s first lunar mission in decades ended in failure with its Luna 25 spacecraft crashing into the moon’s surface. Its last mission, Chang’e-5, landed on the moon in December 2020 and returned with samples of lunar rocks and soil.

Persons: CNSA, ”, “ piggybacking, Artemis, Hu Hao, Hu, can’t, Pakistan’s Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Space Administration, International Astronautical, United, NASA, Artemis, Aitken, European Space Agency Locations: Hong Kong, Beijing, Baku, Azerbaijan, China, Russia, Venezuela, South Africa, India, United States, Italian

☆ China offers to collaborate on lunar mission as deadlines loom
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

BEIJING, Oct 3 (Reuters) - China, which aims to become a major space power by 2030, has opened up a key lunar mission to international cooperation as mission deadlines loom for setting up a permanent habitat on the south pole of the moon. The Chang'e-8 mission will follow the Chang'e-7 in 2026, which also aims to search for lunar resources on the moon's south pole. The two missions will lay the foundations for the construction of the Beijing-led International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) in the 2030s. China aims to land astronauts on the moon by 2030. On the 2025 Artemis 3 mission, two U.S. astronauts will land on the lunar south pole, a region previously unvisited by any human.

Persons: CNSA, Ryan Woo, Gerry Doyle Organizations: China National Space Administration, International Astronautical, Lunar Research, Artemis, U.S ., NASA, U.S, Artemis Accords, U.S . State Department, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, China, Baku, Azerbaijan, Beijing, U.S, India, Russia, Venezuela

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said it was considering waiving data export security assessments for activities such as international trade, academic cooperation, cross-border manufacturing and marketing that do not contain personal information or important data. Alex Roberts, a Shanghai-based lawyer at Linklaters, said the new rules are "a great signal for foreign investment and trade into China". You Yunting, a lawyer with Shanghai-based DeBund Law Offices, said the new rules "represents a certain degree of relaxation in data export regulation" in China. He added that the new rules could keep the cross-border transfer of human resources data low for companies. The previous rules were causing consternation among international businesses in China as some fear they could be cut off from assessing their human resources data from within China.

Persons: Alex Roberts, Brenda Goh, Josh Ye, Christina Fincher, Alison Williams Organizations: Cyberspace Administration of China, European, Reuters, Thomson Locations: SHANGHAI, HONG KONG, China, Shanghai, Linklaters, Hong Kong

☆ China enforces new filing rules on smartphone app stores
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

HONG KONG, Sept 27 (Reuters) - China's cyberspace regulator on Wednesday released the first batch of mobile app stores that have completed filing business details to regulators as it enforces a new set of rules to expand oversight on mobile apps. A total of 26 app stores operated by companies including Tencent (0700.HK), Huawei (HWT.UL), Ant Group(688688.SS), Baidu (9888.HK), Xiaomi (1810.HK) and Samsung (005930.KS) have submitted filings to the authority, according to the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC). Notably, Apple's App Store is not among the app stores on the list. This comes after the CAC issued a new rule last June requiring mobile app distribution platforms to submit business details to the government as it expands oversight on mobile apps in the country. Reporting by Josh Ye; Editing by Jacqueline WongOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Josh Ye, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: Wednesday, HK, Huawei, Ant, Baidu, Samsung, Cyberspace Administration of China, CAC, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, KS

☆ China’s Didi Q2 revenue grows as regulatory curbs ease
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Didi logo is seen on the facade of the company headquarters in Beijing, China November 9, 2021. Didi posted a net loss of 300 million yuan, the company said in a statement on Saturday. It was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange last year. Didi began to emerge from its regulatory troubles earlier this year, after China announced the end up of a cybersecurity investigation into the firm and allowed it to restore its apps to mobile app stores. ($1 = 7.3430 Chinese yuan renminbi)Reporting by Yelin Mo and Brenda Goh; Editing by William MallardOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Didi Chuxing, Didi, Yelin Mo, Brenda Goh, William Mallard Organizations: REUTERS, Yilei, Rights, HK, SoftBank, Cyberspace Administration of, Reuters, New York Stock Exchange, China, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China, Rights BEIJING, Cyberspace Administration of China, U.S

☆ Russia dominated the first space race, but now it can't even land on the moon. Photos show the US and China are way ahead.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

China, Russia, and the US (with its international allies) are all plotting huge new moonshots. Photos of the space efforts of the US, China, and Russia reveal how far behind the former space power has fallen. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe US and China are innovating, while Russia's space tech agesNASA's Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Berger cited other underlying issues that are stifling Russia's space ambitions, like budget cuts, quality control, and corruption. Western sanctions have harmed Russia's space program in other ways, limiting its access to high-quality microchips, the AP reported.

Persons: Artemis, Russia isn't, hasn't, Russia's Luna, Bill Nelson, Luna, NASA’s, —, Tingshu Wang, Sergei Markov, Russia's, Steve Seipel, Yuri Borisov, Borisov, Bill Ingalls, Eric Berger, Vladimir Putin's, Berger, Xue Lei, landers, Roscosmos, Victoria Samson Organizations: Service, NASA, AP, Soviet Union, Operation, Space Corporation, Politico, New York Times, China National Space Administration, Vostochny, Luna, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight, Arizona State University NASA, Orion, NASA NASA, SpaceX, National Museum, Reuters, Kremlin, Kennedy Space Center, CNN, Russian Soyuz, Baikonur, Future Publishing, Getty, European Space Agency, ESA, Secure, Foundation Locations: Wall, Silicon, China, Russia, Soviet, Soviet Union, China National Space Administration Russia, Russia's Far, India, Russian, Beijing, Ukraine, Florida, Kazakhstan, Washington

☆ Huawei and Alibaba among companies seeking Chinese deepfake approvals
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An AI (Artificial Intelligence) sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBEIJING, Sept 1 (Reuters) - China's cyberspace regulator has received 110 applications from Chinese technology companies such as Huawei (HWT.UL) and Alibaba (9988.HK) for approvals related to models that can be used to manipulate visual and audio data. This approval process is separate from the CAC's regulation of Chinese tech firms looking to push out generative artificial intelligence (AI) products, which have been in high demand ever since the success of U.S. firm OpenAI's ChatGPT. Five Chinese tech firms, including Baidu Inc (9888.HK) and SenseTime Group (0200.HK), on Thursday launched AI chatbots to the public after receiving government approval. Reporting by Eduardo Baptista, Josh Ye, and Brenda Goh Editing by David Goodman and Mark PotterOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Aly, OpenAI's, chatbots, Eduardo Baptista, Josh Ye, Brenda Goh, David Goodman, Mark Potter Organizations: Artificial Intelligence, REUTERS, Rights, Huawei, HK, Cyberspace Administration of China, CAC, Baidu Inc, SenseTime, Thomson Locations: Shanghai, China, Rights BEIJING

☆ Crashed Russian mission left a crater on the moon, NASA images show
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Luna-25, Russia's first moon mission in 47 years, failed on Aug. 19 when it spun out of control and crashed into the moon, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once mighty space programme. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft imaged a new crater on the surface of the moon that it concluded was the likely the impact site of Russia's Luna 25 mission. "The new crater is about 10 meters in diameter," NASA said. "Since this new crater is close to the Luna-25 estimated impact point, the LRO team concludes it is likely to be from that mission, rather than a natural impactor." After the crash, Moscow said a special inter-departmental commission had been formed to investigate the reasons behind the loss of the Luna-25 craft.

Persons: Russia's Luna, Luna, Russia's, Yuri Gagarin, Guy Faulconbridge Organizations: NASA, Reconnaissance, U.S . National Aeronautics and, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Russia's, Moscow, Soviet

☆ China publishes rules to boost data security in money brokering
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SHANGHAI, Aug 30 (Reuters) - China published rules on Wednesday aimed at boosting data security in the money brokering industry, five months after a disruption in data services caused two days of chaos in the country's $21 trillion bond market. Five financial watchdogs, including the central bank as well as forex and securities regulators, urged interdealer brokers to improve data and risk management, and safeguard data security. Interdealer brokers, when offering data services, "must not endanger national security, financial safety and public interest," the regulators said in a joint statement. Chinese regulators in March suspended the data feed business of money brokers, citing data security concerns, triggering a slump in bond trading turnover as many traders lost immediate access to real-time data. China has in recent years grown more concerned over data security and rolled out new laws and compliance requirements for companies.

Persons: LSEG, Tullett, Jacqueline Wong, Muralikumar Anantharaman, Mark Potter Organizations: China Foreign Exchange Trade System, Shanghai Stock Exchange, Information Co, Refinitiv Information Services, Co, Bloomberg L.P, Thomson Reuters, London Stock Exchange, Reuters, NEX International, Partners, Central, Financiere, National Administration of Financial, Cyberspace Administration, Shanghai, Thomson Locations: SHANGHAI, China, LSEG ., Central Tanshi

☆ EV startup Canoo names board member Greg Ethridge as CFO
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Companies Canoo Inc FollowWalmart Inc FollowAug 28 (Reuters) - Electric-vehicle startup Canoo (GOEV.O) on Monday named board member Greg Ethridge as its chief financial officer, succeeding Ken Manget. The company, whose shares have fallen 57% so far this year, said this move was effective immediately. Ethridge has agreed to resign from Canoo's board of directors, a position he has held since 2020, by the end of the year. Canoo has contracts with the U.S. Defense Department for supply of advanced battery packs, Walmart (WMT.N) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for supplying electric vehicles. Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi MajumdarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Greg Ethridge, Ken Manget, Ethridge, Manget, Canoo, Jaspreet Singh, Shilpi Majumdar Organizations: Walmart, U.S . Defense Department, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ Micah Maidenberg — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Micah MaidenbergMicah Maidenberg is a reporter covering the business of space and aviation safety in The Wall Street Journal’s Chicago bureau. As part of his work, he also focuses on government agencies such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Prior to his current role, Micah worked as a breaking news reporter for the Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. He began writing about business and economic issues for Crain’s Chicago Business, where he reported on real estate, manufacturing and transportation. He also completed an investigative-reporting fellowship at the Columbia University School of Journalism, where he earned a master's degree.

Persons: Micah Maidenberg Micah Maidenberg, Micah, Dow Jones Newswires Organizations: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Journal, Dow, Crain’s Chicago Business, Columbia University School of Journalism Locations: Chicago

☆ EV maker Canoo posts smaller-than-expected loss on lower costs
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A view shows a Canoo LDV (Lifestyle Delivery Van) electric vehicle in a manufacturing site in Livonia, Michigan, U.S. November 29, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File PhotoAug 14 (Reuters) - Electric-vehicle maker Canoo (GOEV.O) posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss on Monday on lower research and development costs, sending its shares up 2% in extended trading. The company also unveiled its new lifestyle delivery vehicle 190, that has increased payload load capacity and body length compared with the original lifestyle delivery vehicle 130. Canoo's loss narrowed to $70.9 million in the second quarter from $164.4 million a year earlier. Research and development costs fell about 67% in the quarter, lowering operating expenses to $73.6 million from $173.5 million a year earlier.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Canoo, Tony Aquila, Zaheer Kachwala, Shounak Dasgupta Organizations: REUTERS, Research, EV, U.S Defense Department, Walmart, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, Department of Defense, Thomson Locations: Livonia , Michigan, U.S, Bengaluru

☆ China cyberspace regulator issues guidelines targeting offensive comments against businesses
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

A sign above an office of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) is seen in Beijing, China July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas PeterHONG KONG, Aug 10 (Reuters) - China cyberspace regulator issued a set of guidelines on Thursday targeting offensive comments against businesses on social media as Beijing seeks to improve the business environment. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said that online platforms should focus on addressing false and misleading information about businesses online. Offensive comments aimed at entrepreneurs and disclosure of private information about people on the internet should also be addressed. Reporting by Josh Ye; Editing by Jacqueline WongOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Thomas Peter HONG KONG, Josh Ye, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: Cyberspace Administration of China, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China

☆ China releases plans to restrict facial recognition technology
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The process doesn't require passengers to remove masks for facial recognition. BEIJING — China is planning to restrict businesses' use of facial recognition technology in favor of non-biometric personal identification methods, according to draft rules from the Cyberspace Administration released Tuesday. The proposed policy requires individual consent, and a specific purpose, for using facial recognition. "If there are non-biometric verification technology for achieving a similar purpose or business requirements, those non-biometric verification methods should be preferred," the draft said in Chinese, translated by CNBC. If facial recognition is used, the proposed rules encourage use of national systems.

Organizations: Cyberspace Administration, CNBC Locations: Fuzhou, BEIJING — China

☆ China drafts rules for using facial recognition technology
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

FILE PHOTO-A sign above an office of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) is seen in Beijing, China July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File PhotoBEIJING, Aug 8 (Reuters) - China's cyberspace regulator said on Tuesday it has issued draft rules to oversee the security management of facial recognition technology in the country. It said facial recognition technology can only be used to process facial information when there is a specific purpose and sufficient necessity, and with strict protective measures. The use of the technology will also require individual's consent, the Cyberspace Administration of China said in a statement. If there are other non-biometric identification technology solutions available that can achieve the same purpose or meet equivalent business requirements, priority should be given to selecting that non-biometric identification technology solution, it said.

Persons: Thomas Peter, Liz Lee, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: Cyberspace Administration of China, REUTERS, Cyberspace Administration, Beijing, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China, BEIJING

☆ China to make holders of more than 1 mln users' data get annual audits
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A man walks past an office of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) in Beijing, China July 8, 2021. The appointed compliance agency must also evaluate services that own the data of more than 100,000 users, or those with sensitive data of more than 10,000 users, the CAC said. Services that hold data of fewer than 1 million users must undergo a personal information compliance check at least once every two years, the CAC said. China has in recent years tightened controls on data and information, especially data and information that flows abroad. The CAC last year required platform companies with data on more than 1 million users to undergo a security review before listing their shares overseas.

Persons: Thomas Peter BEIJING, Albee Zhang, Brenda Goh, Robert Birsel Organizations: Cyberspace Administration of China, CAC, REUTERS, Services, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China

☆ China wants to limit teens to no more than two hours a day on their phones
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Children under eight would be able to use their phones for only 40 minutes a day, while those between eight and 16 would get an hour of screen time. “On the other hand, it’s easier for us parents to control our kids screen time,” she said. China has one of the world’s largest internet user bases, with roughly 1.07 billion people in the country of 1.4 billion having access to the web, according to the China Internet Network Information Center. The regulation could be useful to “help parents to supervise the children” and limit screen time. Impact on tech firmsThe new measures could present challenges for tech companies, which are typically held responsible for enforcing regulations.

Persons: ”, “, Kuaishou Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Cyberspace Administration, ”, Mobile, CNN, China Internet Network Information, Apple, Huawei Locations: Hong Kong, China, Beijing, China’s Zhejiang, China’s Zhuhai, Weibo, lockstep

☆ China wants to limit teens to using their phones for just an hour a day to fight rising 'internet addiction'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Those between the ages of eight and 16 would be limited to using them for just one hour a day. China could restrict teenagers to using their phones for just one hour a day, under draft rules proposed by the country's cyberspace regulator. The Cyberspace Administration of China announced potential guidelines on Wednesday that include limits seeking to prevent "the problem of minors' internet addiction." That would also prevent children from using their phones between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., except for education products and emergency services. The CAC's proposed rules are currently open for public consultation.

Persons: it's, Tencent Organizations: Cyberspace Administration, China Locations: China

☆ Fact Check-Gemini 9 space mission simulation taken as genuine
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A simulation of a spacewalk on the Gemini 9 mission aired by CBS in 1966 has been shared on social media as if it were real. The clip on social media is visible around 48:18 minutes. The segment is clearly labeled a spacewalk simulation. The broadcast, hosted by Walter Cronkite, labels the video a “McDonnell simulation” at 48:10. Read more about our work to fact-check social media posts ( here ).

Persons: Eva, ”, Tom Stafford, Gene Cernan, Walter Cronkite, McDonnell, Read Organizations: CBS, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, Gemini, Reuters Locations: St Louis

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