Human Rights, Spying, E-Mail & HIV
A new Amnesty International report reveals that China's Internet police force is brutally efficient — and becoming more so every day.
The Denver police have gathered information on unsuspecting local activists since the 1950s, secretly storing what they learned on simple index cards in a huge cabinet at police headquarters. Among those the police spied on were nuns, advocates for American Indians and church organisations.
While the volume of e-mail has kept growing, the tools most people use for mail have barely evolved in the past two years.
Chinese and French scientists say they have developed a new approach to treating the equivalent of HIV in monkeys.
The Denver police have gathered information on unsuspecting local activists since the 1950s, secretly storing what they learned on simple index cards in a huge cabinet at police headquarters. Among those the police spied on were nuns, advocates for American Indians and church organisations.
While the volume of e-mail has kept growing, the tools most people use for mail have barely evolved in the past two years.
Chinese and French scientists say they have developed a new approach to treating the equivalent of HIV in monkeys.