[Opinion] Reports on Job Ads and Opinion Surveys Open Windows Into China's Online Censorship

Reports on Job Ads and Opinion Surveys Open Windows Into China's Online Censorship

A new report by the Open Technology Fund (OTF) explores the growing demand for human-powered censorship in China. While the Party-state under Xi Jinping has increasingly restricted political expression, expanded its censorship apparatus, and experimented with leveraging AI for this goal, the bulk of censorship implementation remains a low-skilled, low-paid, and labor-intensive task performed by human workers in the private sector. As noted in th…