Install Surveillance App or Go to Jail - Chinese Government

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To minimize or stop terrorism and terrorist attacks, the Chinese government has mandated its citizens to install a surveillance app or face jail term. 

According to an articles from Radio Free Asia, authorities in the autonomous region of Xianjing, home to a majority Muslim population, including millions of Uyghurs who have roots in Turkey, made an announcement instructing citizens to install a surveillance app on their phones, or be detained for up to 10 days if they are found to have disobeyed the order at random check points.

How The App Works

The surveillance app is called Jinwang, is said to monitor files on your phone and automatically detect terrorist and illegal religious videos, images, e-books and electronic documents. If it finds any such content, users will be prompted to delete them. It will also grab your Weibo and WeChat records, SIM card information and Wi-Fi login data and relay them to a government sever.

This app keep tabs on your files stored and shared with other people, it also reports you to the authorities when you do something even remotely shady. It even gets you in trouble without even downloading it.