cell phones

  • Baltic minnow stands up to a rising behemoth, China

    Baltic minnow stands up to a rising behemoth, China

    China has always kept a tight grip on what its citizens may read and write on their cellphones. Officials in Lithuania were taken aback when they discovered a hidden but active feature in a popular Chinese-made smartphone sold in the Baltic nation: a censorship registry of 449 phrases prohibited by the Chinese Communist Party.