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Lithuanian authorities have asked citizens not to buy China-made mobile phones and discard any they might already have after a government report claimed they have censorship capabilities installed. A report by Lithuania’s cybersecurity body said phones made by Chinese electronics giant, Xiaomi, have built-in censorship tools to recognize various terms, including “Free Tibet”, “Long live Taiwan independence” and “Democracy Government,” according to a report by Politico Europe. The censorship software in Xiaomi’s Mi 10T 5G phone is switched off for the “European Union region” but can be switched on remotely at any time, the report by the Lithuanian Defense Ministry’s...
