The ministry added that an espionage indictment is not based on whether the culprit accepts money, nor if their actions have caused real harm to national security. Quoting China’s criminal law, the ministry pointed out that espionage activity – which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment – is not limited to collecting and providing … Read more
A reported new spy bill in Turkey, which is being compared to Russia’s foreign agent law, is sparking concerns that journalists and civil society will face greater limits on freedom of expression. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org The Ankara-based Anka News Agency wrote that the law would imprison people … Read more
China’s top spy agency sounded an alarm on Monday about foreign NGOs and foundations, saying two organisations had stolen “environmental data” from China under the guise of research and environmental protection. The allegations were outlined in an article posted on the Ministry of State Security’s public WeChat account, and referred to two cases of theft … Read more
Iranian pro-government media spread images of an alleged “Israeli” they claimed to have injured in their attacks against Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The article was posted on Iran’s Tasnim News on Saturday. There was one problem with their report. The “Israeli” whose image Tasnim News in Iran used and who they … Read more
New York: China’s top intelligence agency reportedly commissioned an artificial intelligence (AI)-based system to track US spies and others. The Chinese AI system can create instant dossiers on “persons of interest”, reports The New York Times. “The AI-generated profiles would allow the Chinese spies to select targets and pinpoint their networks and vulnerabilities,” the report … Read more
