News Snapshot:
Communist China is now redirecting a big portion of its internal Internet data surveillance network externally. The regime is scraping data on social media targets, such as Facebook and Twitter. The data is then fed to its police, government agencies, and the military. The Chinese government is known to maintain an extensive network of data surveillance agencies, originally intended to scan domestic networks and pick up information deemed to be politically sensitive. An extensive review of Chinese government contracts by the Washington Post revealed that orders were made for high-end software engineered to accrue data on Western targets from mainstream...
