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April 2024 in Asia-Pacific: A free expression round-up produced by IFEX's regional editor Mong Palatino, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

Special Issue: Mong Palatino brings an access to information focus to his latest regional brief, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

The AI apps were removed as new rules go into effect that prohibit AI models from generating content deemed subversive to state power.

Apple has reportedly removed more than 100 generative artificial intelligence apps from the Chinese version of its App Store believed to be in violation of the country’s strict new regulations clamping down on “subversive” speech produced by ChatGPT-style chatbots. Those restrictions, which officially take effect August 15, demand that AI developers’ products “adhere to core socialist values” and prohibit content that questions state power. If the develo...

The country's top censor says chatbots like Baidu's Ernie should not "undermine national unity" in what experts call a threat to free speech and human rights.

China’s top digital regulator proposed bold new guidelines this week that prohibit ChatGPT-style large language models from spitting out content

In late November, protests erupted in a factory manufacturing Apple products in China amid workers’ discontent about pay. Footage and images from the site showed police beating protesters and arresting them.

Hong Kong must release Jimmy Lai, the publisher of the now defunct Apple Daily and a British citizen, immediately.

Today, 28 November 2022, marks six years since Chinese authorities arrested independent journalist Huang Qi in Chengdu, China.

The looming implementation deadline of online platform regulations will exacerbate existing freedom of expression challenges.