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How Microsoft has (so far) avoided tough scrutiny over privacy issues — Fast Company

The “original gangster of big tech” has managed to dodge the bad headlines and congressional grilling, writes Daria Solovieva. Here is the link: https://www.fastcompany.com/90290137/how-microsoft-has-avoided-tough-scrutiny-over-privacy-issues

China’s Baidu will help deliver Walmart groceries in self-driving vans — CNN

China's leading search engine will soon be helping make deliveries for Walmart, bringing it into direct competition with Google's driverless technology, according to  Sherisse...

Twitter users in China reportedly held by government amid crackdown — CNET

Twitter users in China are facing threats, lengthy interrogations and even days in a detention center after posting messages critical of the Chinese government,...

Kenya will start teaching Chinese to elementary school students from 2020 — Quartz Africa

Kenya will teach Mandarin in classrooms  in a bid to improve job competitiveness and facilitate better trade and connection with China, writes Abdi Latif...

Censoring China’s internet, for stability and profit — The New York Times

Thousands of low-wage workers in “censorship factories” trawl the online world for forbidden content, writes Li Yuan. Here is the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/business/china-internet-censor.html