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China’s Social Credit System

China’s Talent-Owned Companies Under Scrutiny as New Tax Crackdown Looms China's Social Credit System

China’s Talent-Owned Companies Under Scrutiny as New Tax Crackdown Looms

Chinese authorities have issued warnings of a new crackdown on entertainment industry financial practices and astronomical star salaries in wake of another high-profile celebrity tax scandal. The latest furor, involving actor Zheng Shuang, is the biggest since the 2018 downfall of Fan Bingbing and has echoes of the earlier scandal,…
bubmag
May 5, 2021
In China, the Smart TV watches you, shares IP address, Wi-Fi SSIDs, viewing habits, and more China's Social Credit System

In China, the Smart TV watches you, shares IP address, Wi-Fi SSIDs, viewing habits, and more

Chinese TV-maker Skyworth has admitted that some of its Android-powered smart televisions shared more data than it agreed to send to a third-party organisation. A statement from the company explains that some of its tellies sent information about owners’ viewing habits to a company called “Gozen Data”. But Skyworth accused…
bubmag
May 4, 2021