Lithuania Urges Users to Ditch Chinese Smartphone Over ‘Built-In Censorship Tool’

Name: Lithuania Urges Users to Ditch Chinese Smartphone Over ‘Built-In Censorship Tool’
Uploaded: 2021-10-01 07:02:00Z
Duration: 4 min 24 s
Channel: Henry Ridgwell
Description: Analysis of Xiaomi, Huawei phones by Lithuanian defense ministry reveals security, censorship concerns

October 01, 2021 3:02 AM

By Henry Ridgwell

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A popular Chinese-made phone has a built-in censorship tool that can blacklist search terms on the web, according to research by the Lithuanian government. The country is urging owners of the phones to replace them, as Henry Ridgwell reports.