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Vilnius, Lithuania (Reuters)Lithuania’s Defense Ministry recommended that consumers avoid buying Chinese mobile phones and advised people to throw away the ones they have now after a government report found the devices had built-in censorship capabilities. China passes sweeping data privacy law “Our recommendation is to not buy new Chinese phones, and to get rid of those already purchased as fast as reasonably possible,” Deputy Defense Minister Margiris Abukevicius told reporters in introducing the report. Xiaomi did not respond to a Reuters request for comment. Relations between Lithuania and China have soured recently. China demanded last month that Lithuania withdraw its...
