Context :
[ A ]
China swoops on algorithms in latest tech clampdown
/ Reuters / 27
Aug 2021
Extract :
China is seeking to tighten oversight
of the algorithms technology companies use to drive their business, issuing
far-reaching draft rules in Beijing's latest move to crackdown on its internet
sector.
The Cyberspace Administration of China ( www.cac.gov.cn ) :
- said in a statement on
Friday that companies must abide by business ethics
and principles of fairness and should not set up algorithm models that entice users to spend large amounts of money or spend money in
a way that may disrupt public order.
The guidelines include a proposal
that users be
given the option to easily turn
off algorithm recommendation services,
giving consumers a greater say over an area of the internet that has also been
the target of authorities in the United States and Europe.
Algorithms are used in a whole suite
of technologies - from facial recognition tools to social media platforms -- and tech
companies have come under fire globally for
failing to protect users' privacy and
for allowing the spread of disinformation.
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[ B ]
Analysis: Beyond security crackdown, Beijing charts state-controlled data market
/ Reuters / 21
July 2021
Extract :
But China's
efforts to seize control of
data for national security reasons are
just one aspect of a strategic goal to create a state-supervised
market for such information, including government data as well as that collected by private
companies, and help buoy slowing economic
growth, experts say.
Such
information could encompass just about any type of data - from health records and court documents to maps and shopping histories.
The plans require a huge bureaucratic
effort to categorise, standardise and value data, policy documents show, setting
foundations for it to be traded domestically while preventing overseas access to the most sensitive
information.
"The user data
obtained by a large number of Internet service platforms ... are public resources and
should be included in the national unified and hierarchical
supervision system," the state-run China Internet
Information Center said this month.
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MY TAKE :
Ø
It
is obvious that the Chinese strategy revolves around implementing following KEY
CONCEPTS :
# user data… are
public resources
# creation of a state-supervised market for such information
# foundations for it to
be traded domestically
Ø
Chinese
Premier, Li Keqiang (premier@mail.gov.cn
/ english@mail.gov.cn ) may ask ,
The Cyberspace Administration of
China ( www.cac.gov.cn
),
to
examine whether deployment of the following Technology Platforms, could help implement
these
Digital
Dividend from Demographic Data ……………………[ 14 Feb 2019 ]
SARAL …………………………………………………………………………….[
10 Feb 2019 ]
Privacy
for Sale ……………………………………………………………..[
26 Aug 2017 ]
A
Matter of Motive ……………………………………………………………[ 04 Aug 2018 ]
Dear Shri
Ashwini Vaishnawji
( Minister for IT
/ av.odisha@sansad.nic.in
)
As far as reigning in the BIG TECH SOCIAL MEDIA is
concerned, we are facing the same problems that the Chinese are facing
There is no need to wait for the Chinese Premier’s next move
I urge you to get our Technology Advisory Committees ( listed
below ) to examine my suggestion re its feasibility :
Ø
Troika of Technology ? ………………………………….[ 20 Feb 2020 ]
With Regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 31 Aug 2021
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