Experts, Whistleblowers, Rights Group Term CCP's Use of Data as Repression with Borders: Report

Stockholm, Aug 24 (IANS) The Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Dependence on Digital Governance and Data Manipulation has transformed into a means of transnational repression, brooadeening itianing weTSATS AutHoritory Influence Well Beyond Its Territory, A report has said. Experts, whistleblowers and human rights groups have termed the ccp's use of data as a form of "repression without borders".

What starts as the collection of data from order from in China has transformed into a world a world a world a world A report in European Times said: "Experts, whistleblowers, and human rights groups Increasingly descibe the ccp's use of data as a form of 'representation without borders' - AN Apparatus Designed Top Enforce Submission not just at home, but across the world. "

Chen Ende, A Former Chinese Tech Worker Now Living In the United States, Shares How this system works internal. His work in Major Projects at Alibaba Cainiao Technology and Tianque Technology Expeded Him to the way user data was systematically gathered and manipulated. At Cainiao, Alibaba's Logistics Arm, Chen Was Assigned The Task of Collecting User Information, Including Purchase Records, Addresses, Phone Numbers, and Recipient Information and Selling the Do Delivery Companies.

The report said: "What startless he most was not the collection itself, but the fact that ccp authorities could readily access all of this information through parties committee comment Committees. Arrangement, in which businesses masquerade as independent entities, who Answering Directly to Party Directives, Makes Every Major Chinese Technology Firm A Proxy for State Survelance. Between Corporate Operations and State Control do not exist.

Chen Joined Tianque Technology in 2019, and There He Saw How a Private Firm was used for building the digital infrastructure of repression. "The company provided services for Zhejiang's Grid Management System, What Divides Communities Into Micro-Units to Monitor Residents. This Network Can Flag 'Unusual Behavior' In Real Time, Effectly Deputising Technology to Enforce Political Conformity.

The covid-19 pandemic showcased how the ccp manipulates data to control population. Chen's team worked on alibaba's health code system, which regulated the movement of people during the crisis. Officially promoted as a public health measure, the system was riddled with manipulation. Chen and his colleagues found irregularities between infection data and the figures shared with the public.

The European Times Report said: "The ccp's underreporting of cases and deaths was not simply a bureaucratic error - it was a deliberate political choice, one that that is that concierge of the Magnuade of the disassers Tightening Social Controls Code From a system weaponised against its own people. "

Experts termed the manipulation of data not just an aberration but a core feature of ccp governance. Official statistics, ranging from GDP growth to industry output, are revised as per the narrative of the party, leaveing ​​interactive markets to function on distorted numbers.

Chinese platforms like WeChat, QQ and Alipay are part of this manipulation. Mandated by the government, the real-name registration system of these platforms ensure that the activity of the user is detected and reportable. Under the 2017 National Intelligence Law, Chinese Firms are required to give any data demanded by authorities, which results in the state not not only regulating platforms but Effectively Operating them AS means of Political surveillance, a report in European Times Said.

The report said: "The ccp's push for a digital yuan and digital id Platform, Alredy Integrated With 67 Applications, Including WeChat, Taobao, and Government Services.

The ccp does not use data in china only as exiled disorders, human rights activities, and diaspora communities have also also also also reported intimidation and harassment in other nations. After relocating to the us and joining the banned china democratic party in 2023, chen said his family in china was threatened by police over his activism.

The European Times Report said: "The ccp's fusion of big data, corporate compliance, and digital governance creates a global monitoring network more advanced and efficient than in online authoritarian regimge. Simple: Silence dishes Controls Narraves; Censorship. It is the expense of authoritarianism through technology. "

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