World News | Google shuts down translation in mainland China

Washington [US]October 4 (ANI): US tech giant Google announced on Monday (local time) that it will shut down the Google Translate service in mainland China, citing low usage in the country, according to reports.

“Due to low usage, we will stop using Google Translate in mainland China,” Google said in a statement cited by The Hill.

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Previously, multiple media reported that the Hong Kong version of the translation service could not be accessed in areas without virtual private networks.

“Google is shutting down its translation service in mainland China, one of the few products the tech giant still has available in China,” CNN also tweeted, adding, “Back in 2010, CNN The end of Google’s search engine was reported. Service in China after self-censorship ceased.”

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Notably, China has been accused of collecting a staggering amount of personal data from millions of citizens in order to design a system that would allow them to find out the identity of a person that would help the government maintain its authoritarian rule.

However, the Chinese government has never acknowledged surveillance, and details of espionage techniques working within China come from police research papers, patents and presentations from surveillance contractors, and hundreds of public procurement documents.

The worst thing about surveillance is its patent illegality. People often don’t know they’re being watched. Chinese authorities interfere with public privacy without permission.

Earlier, China’s 2017 Cybersecurity Law made it necessary for businesses providing basic information infrastructure in China (broadly) to keep their data on government-run servers run by the CCP.

However, China’s 2021 Data Security Law gives the Chinese government the power to inspect covert collection of user data for national security purposes by foreign companies operating in China, the Financial Post reported.

The above measures are just the beginning of China’s efforts to extend data control beyond its borders, with Chinese platforms such as WeChat and TikTok coming under media scrutiny for surveillance. (ANI)

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