Beijing Winter Olympics: Preview Of The World After COVID


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As it is International Data Privacy Day, it seems like a good time think about the direction of privacy in the world today. Athletes competing at the Winter Olympics in Beijing will also be competing to maintain any level of privacy as the Chinese government uses surveillance technologies – some deployed on their mobile phones – supposedly to prevent the spread of COVID, and, certainly, to prevent the spread of any negative information about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Among the mechanisms by which China will surveil athletes is this: All will be required to install the MY2022 smartphone app....