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Covid-19 big data and China’s Big Brother state

September 3, 2021August 31, 2021 by Ausma Bernot Alexander Trauth-Goik Sue Trevaskes

Concerns grow that Beijing will use Covid-19 tracing technology to increase state surveillance

Categories Tech Risk Tags Beijing, Communist Party of China, Covid-19 Crisis, Privacy Risks, State Council, Surveillance State, The Conversation, The Long Read Leave a comment

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