Figuring out the Chinese internet puzzle

China is an authoritarian state exercising strict control and censorship. At the same time, the country is quickly adapting to the digital age, and today has the world’s highest number of internet users and the largest mobile market in absolute numbers. This puzzle sparked the interest of a group of...

Big data and Big Brother – perhaps not only in China?

Who controls data that users create on social media? In China, the State keeps tabs on most things. In the US it is the private corporations – or is it the NSA? In Sweden and the EU, discussions are ongoing on how to regulate online data and protect users’ privacy....