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US Companies Help Censor the Internet in China, Too

US Companies Help Censor the Internet in China, Too

US Companies Help Censor the Internet in China, Too

Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer

June 4, 20198m 34s

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Show Notes

It is unclear how many people died when Chinese troops cleared pro-democracy protests from Beijing’s Tiananmen Square 30 years ago this week. Local authorities said it was 241. A cursory search of the web or social media will show that human rights organizations estimate a death toll many times higher—unless you’re in China. Tom Simonite covers artificial intelligence for WIRED.

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