CHINA-INTERNAL: SECURITY CONTROLS IN XINJIANG

Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on July 14, 2017, that all local residents in northern Xinjiang have been ordered to install an app called CleanWebGuard, on their cell phones that will monitor their activity for "terrorist" content. The Tianshan district government in the regional capital Urumqi said in a directive issued July 10, 2017, that "In order to achieve city-wide coverage in the antiterrorist video and audio clean-up, and to target people, materials and thinking for clean-up work, management and crackdowns, a technology company affiliated with the municipal police department has developed an app for Android smartphones that can filter out terrorist video and audio content." The notice added "Once operational, it will automatically pinpoint the location of video or audio containing terrorist content or illegal religious content, images, e-books or documents, and delete them automatically."it also offers "mobile phone remote control and other security services." It warned that anyone declining to delete or trying to save such content "will be pursued according to law." The notices are also to be placed in audiovisual retailers, residential communities, institutes of higher education and public places where people gather in numbers, providing the local population with the QR to install the app. The notice asked "Antiterrorism task-force leaders" across the city must provide full statistics and report back on their implementation of the measures.







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