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The chapter restates the well known fact that China’s government demands a near absolute right to monitor online activity of its citizens. It is introduced by results of a 2017 report on citizen security in cyberspace by major cities in China. It is then organized around four themes: defenses against cyber crime; the cybersecurity confidence of the citizens; protection of political privacy, including in connection with advanced artificial intelligence; and other personal privacy, especially in the light of the emerging social credit system.
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National Engineering Laboratory of Big Data Collaborative Security Technology, National Engineering Laboratory of Big Data Application Technology to Improve Governance, China Ceprei Laboratories, Key Laboratory of Big Data Strategy.
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Austin, G. (2018). Cyber Insecurity of Chinese Citizens. In: Cybersecurity in China. SpringerBriefs in Cybersecurity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68436-9_5
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