China collected data from western social media: report


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According to a new report from The Washington Post, China is mining Western social media to equip its military and police with information on foreign targets. The revelation was made after reviewing hundreds of Chinese bidding documents, contracts and company filings. This new report says China maintains a nationwide network of data surveillance services that were developed over the past decade and used domestically to warn officials online of politically sensitive information. The software, which targets domestic Internet users and media, collects data on foreign targets from sources such as Twitter, Facebook and other Western social media. Documents obtained by...