![]() ![]() Yahoo’s departure coincided with the implementation of China’s Personal Information Protection Law, which limits what information companies can gather and sets standards for how it must be stored.Ĭhinese laws also stipulate that companies operating in the country must hand over data if requested by authorities, making it difficult for Western firms to operate in China as they may also face pressure back home over giving in to China’s demands. The Baidu search engine has largely replaced Yahoo and Google in China, and WeChat and Weibo are the leading social media platforms. In their place, Chinese companies have filled the void, creating an alternative internet with its own digital giants. The departures illustrate the choices internet companies face in a huge potential market, but one where the government requires them to censor content and keywords deemed politically sensitive or inappropriate.ĪP Breakthrough Entertainer: Iman Vellani, in marvelous form ![]() Google gave up several years ago, and Microsoft’s professional networking platform LinkedIn said last month it would shutter its Chinese site, replacing it with a jobs board instead. Yahoo is the latest foreign tech company to exit China. is unfairly suppressing competition and trying to block China’s technological rise. has put restrictions on telecom giant Huawei and other Chinese tech companies, alleging that they have ties with China’s government, military or both. ![]() The company’s move comes as the American and Chinese governments feud over technology and trade. It said it “remains committed to the rights of our users and a free and open internet.” “In recognition of the increasingly challenging business and legal environment in China, Yahoo’s suite of services will no longer be accessible from mainland China as of November 1,” the company said in a statement. But recent government moves to expand its control over tech companies generally, including its domestic giants, may have tipped the scales for Yahoo. The withdrawal was largely symbolic, as many of the company’s services were already blocked by China’s digital censorship. said Tuesday it has pulled out of China, citing an increasingly challenging operating environment. The two actors were married from 1990 until their divorce was finalized in 2001 and share two adopted children together.HONG KONG (AP) - Yahoo Inc. Kidman was on hand at the Oscars to present an award, while Cruise’s film Top Gun: Maverick was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture. Another report from People claims Cruise was unable to attend the show due to the production schedule for Mission: Impossible 8, currently filming overseas. Although other sources claimed Cruise’s absence was “not personal,” they neither confirmed nor denied whether it had anything to do with Kidman. “Tom was not there because she was there, and he did not want a run-in,” a source shared with the Daily Mail. Among them was Top Gun: Maverick actor and producer Tom Cruise, and apparently his absence from the awards show had a lot to do with the attendance of his former spouse Nicole Kidman. And yet, there were still some major A-listers who chose to skip the awards ceremony. The Oscars is probably one of the most star-studded events of the year. ![]()
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