The alleged censorship of the online document has sparked outrage over privacy concerns.
The Chinese novelist, who goes by the alias Mitu, was using WPS, which is similar to Google Docs, to write up her novel, when she suddenly could no longer access the document on June 25. Mitu spoke out about her experience through the Chinese literature forum Lkong, saying that WPS was “spying on and locking my draft,”
to MIT Technology Review. Her plight was shared through different online platforms, with several people reporting that the same thing had happened to them before.on Weibo, denying that the software would lock one of its users out of a document. However, WPS went on to clarify that any online service in China is obligated by law to review the content on their platforms, but that they would protect the security of user information.
to the South China Morning Post. But still, the incident prompted several users to respond to the WPS statement by declaring that they would uninstall the software.WPS documents are not end-to-end encrypted, allowing the company to view the contents of the documents. But the latest move of locking a user out of their document triggered an ongoing discussion over China’s online censorship, and how much tech companies are forced to oblige with authorities.
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