Filmmaker Chen Pinlin was sentenced to 3.5 years for his White Paper documentary; HRD Xu Yan has been released after serving her sentence; and Chinese law enforcement is closely surveilling Internet users who download foreign apps. Read the Weekly Brief: t.co/clZZdgKhBU
在迁移至小红书的 TikTok Refuge（抖音难民）发帖的讨论中，他们认为扎克伯克支持分离法案，强烈抵制 Meta 公司产品，甚至有部分用户号召：卸载Meta旗下产品（包括Instagram和Threads）以示抗议，也有少部分用户声称，既然美国政府以"数据安全"为理由封禁TikTok，他们将以主动使用中国平台，给予中国政府隐私的方式作为对TikTok禁令的抗议。但在这种看似自主的选择背后，一个更具威胁的暗流正在涌动：中国社交平台精心设计的算法战略。TikTok上涌现的小红书推荐视频，被分发给每一位用户，不断重复告诉你小红书有多么值得使用。而小红书与抖音有着相似的算法推荐机制，通过精准的兴趣识别和持续的内容推送，创造出令用户欲罢不能的沉浸体验。让欧美用户似乎找到了一个和TikTok一样使用体验的APP。但这种看似完美的个性化推荐流中，同时夹杂平台筛选的特定信息，用户在被温柔地推入定制化的信息茧房中，潜移默化地影响着用户的认知框架，观点逐渐趋同，思维不断固化，从而持续强化单一视角，削弱思辨能力，这种无声地思想改造比直接的暴力管控更具威胁性。
American TikTok users are moving to "Red Note," a Chinese app that—unlike TikTok—operates under direct CCP oversight. Human rights content such as the plight of the Uyghurs is systematically suppressed, while CCP-aligned narratives are encouraged. Read: t.co/9BIs19nk6q
In a joint letter by 9 UN Special Procedures mandates to the Chinese government made public today, the experts noted “recurring patterns of repression including incommunicado detention and enforced disappearance, aimed at restricting artistic, cultural and religious expressions, and silencing human rights defenders and dissenting or opposing views critical of the Government” highlighting the cases of 19 individuals, including Huang Xueqin, Wang Jianbing, Zhang Zhan, and many more prolific activists. Read: t.co/ybTcbqLMOw
The Weekly Brief: Overseas human rights organizations launch a global joint campaign to "rescue Wang Bingzhang," Hong Kong introduces facial recognition at land crossings, China builds more than 200 centers for extralegal detention, and much more. Read: t.co/vUVcHXvcWh
In China, over 200 detention centers have been built or expanded specifically for "liuzhi," a form of detention where any "suspect" can be held for up to 6mo without a lawyer or contact with the outside world—a systemic violation of human rights law. t.co/0XzGWILYFR
HRIC Weekly Brief: Hong Kong national security police issued a fresh round of arrest warrants for 6 pro-democracy activists living in the UK and Canada, a covert surveillance tool has been exposed, and new crackdowns target online expression. t.co/bxmNEuw2He
HRIC stands in solidarity with the six overseas Hongkongers who are the targets of new arrest warrants and HK$1M bounties. We call on host countries to stand against the HK gov't's shameless attempts to silence activists for exercising their civil rights. t.co/yHqn6T9lzA
HRIC is seeking highly motivated students with a strong interest in Chinese human rights to intern with us in 2025! Learn more about our internship program: t.co/rPsjzjcWJp
A new report from the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China presents a year of congressional investigations, including testimony from HRIC's @ZhouFengSuo, in a call for action against the Chinese government's many human rights violations. Read:
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Top news: the Shanghai High Court upheld a 7-year prison sentence for Ruan Xiaohuan, who ran a blog that shared tips on circumventing the Great Firewall; Hong Kong uses drones for law enforcement; and a new documentary tackles transnational repression. t.co/ChVTJEOkFK
