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Comment: Controversy over China's display of online location showcases tug-of-war between public, private interests

By MLex Staff ( May 12, 2022, 08:41 GMT | Comment) -- As Alibaba-backed Weibo and Tencent’s WeChat have pressed ahead with plans to display user locations to conform with Beijing’s policy agenda, some Chinese netizens have pushed back by pointing to the personal-information rights newly afforded to them by China’s data-privacy law. The controversy poses a thorny question for Chinese cyberspace officials and judges: how best to strike a balance between the competing interests of individuals and the society, and those of individuals and online platforms.As Alibaba-backed Weibo and Tencent’s WeChat have pressed ahead with plans to display user locations to conform with Beijing’s policy agenda, some Chinese netizens have pushed back by pointing to the personal-information rights newly afforded to them by China’s data-privacy law....

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