Chinese authorities carried out a nationwide crackdown on consulting firms engaging in alleged espionage activities as Beijing tightens grip on foreign access to sensitive information.

China tightens screws on consulting firms under anti-spy crackdown, raids Capvision offices

US President Joe Biden is reaching out to influencers with significant following on social media platforms including TikTok to promote his political message and increase his popularity amoung young americans, who will cast their vote in 2024 elections, as per a report.

What an irony! Biden turns to TikTok to win young voters after US' crackdown on app

In the events before and after the 1990 Baren Uprising, Chinese police brutality reportedly killed some 3,000 Uyghurs. As the world marks the 33-year anniversary of the Baren township clashes which took place between April 5 and April 10, some questions still remain unanswered.

EXCLUSIVE: Recounting China's Baren crackdown, activist Rushan Abbas wants world to speak out on Uyghurs

Assam's Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his administration had stepped up their efforts to address the thousands of child marriage cases that had been reported in the state.

EXPLAINED | Crackdown on child marriage in India's Assam: What really happened?

Amid a wave of anti-regime protest in Iran, reports of a massive security crackdown are building especially in the rest of Zahedan city. Reports say there's a heavy presence of Iranian security forces in the city.

Iran: Massive security buildup in Zahedan worries protesters of another crackdown

China is cracking down on Tattoos. It has started prosecuting tattoo artists for inking minors. Over the last few years, China has cracked down on the display of tattoos as well. Priyanka Sharma brings you the details.

WION Fineprint | China cracks down on Tattoos

Chinese authorities approved 44 new international video game titles on Wednesday, the first to be permitted to reach the market since a sector-wide campaign to curb the gaming habits of children ravaged the market last year.

China permits first international video games since sector-wide crackdown

Iran suppresses the ongoing nationwide protests with a heavy hand. Hundreds of protesters continue to languish in jails. Some of the protesters had been charged with offenses which could carry death sentences often handed down in a single sitting by the judiciary.

Iran Crackdown: 90 protesters detained, face risk to life; hundreds languish in jails

The United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday denounced Iran's suppression of peaceful protestors and resolved to launch a high-level investigation into the bloody crackdown, following the death of Mahsa Amini.

UNHRC orders international probe of Iran's crackdown on protests

Germany said on Monday (October 31) that the Europen Union is thinking of imposing more sanctions against Iran over "excessive" crackdown on demonstrators. "I am shocked that people who are peacefully demonstrating at protests in Iran are dying," Scholz tweeted.

EU thinking of more sanctions against Iran over 'excessive' crackdown, says Scholz

E-regulator in Australia has written to big tech owners demanding that they share their strategies for stamping out child abuse material on their platforms or face fines.

Australia: Regulators crack down on Big tech as e-safety commissioner writes to Meta, Apple

In US, Elvis-themed weddings are a rage. Numerous people throng wedding chapels to get hitched in the stylish nuptials where an Elvis impersonator is present. But it seems it may not be possible anymore as the company, which holds the rights to Presley's likeness, has cracked down on these chapels.

Legacy in danger? Crackdown on Elvis-themed weddings sparks outrage in US  

Russia has banned Instagram and Facebook in its latest crackdown on social media amid war in Ukraine. Russia also called Meta an 'extremist organisation'.

Russia bans Instagram & Facebook as it widens crackdown on social media

As Russia continues to make advances in Ukraine, a crackdown on media outlets and individuals, who fail to toe the Kremlin line on the invasion has intensified. Facebook and Twitter have been blocked on Friday.

Russia intensifies crackdown on 'fake' reports, blocks Twitter, Facebook  

Can social media firms be treated as accused in criminal cases? It is the big question that is being posed by the Madras High Court to the state government of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Madras High Court to government: Can social media firms be treated as accused in criminal cases?

In Pakistan's Sindh province, an anti-narcotics force has destroyed huge quantity of illicit drugs and liquor in Karachi on Friday. The items, which were set ablaze, were worth over 1.

Watch: In crackdown, Pakistan sets ablaze huge quantity of illicit drugs, liquor

Epic Games, the US tech giant has said that it will shut down its hugely popular battle royale survival game Fortnite in China. This has come months after Chinese authorities imposed strict curbs as part of their crackdown on the technology sector.

Battle royale game Fortnite to shut down in China, says Epic Games

Alibaba shares surged by more than six per cent as reports suggested that billionaire Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba was seen in Europe. This was taken to be an indication that worst of China's regulatory crackdown for the tech-giant may be over.

Jack Ma's reported Europe trip boosts Alibaba shares

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday condemned as "inexcusable" a deadly crackdown by Paris police on a 1961 protest by Algerians whose scale was a taboo covered up for decades by French authorities.

Macron condemns 'inexcusable' crackdown on 1961 Paris protest of Algerians

China is in a crackdown mode. From tech to education to real-estate, even gaming has not escaped the reach of the Communist Party of China (CCP). Though the entire and clearest picture as to why the state has resorted to such measures is yet to fully come to light, media reports are rife with claims from experts around the world who say that this is an attempt by the Chinese state to rein in 'out of control' sectors and assert its primacy in China's internal affairs.

Opinion | Is China's Xi Jinping repeating Mao's mistake?

Bangladesh police arrested at least 16 Rohingya refugees after a series of raids in camps in Dhaka. This comes in after the murder of a top Rohingya community leader last week.

Bangladesh: 16 Rohingya arrested in anti-militant crackdown

There's a purge underway in China. A crackdown on everyone & everything. Billionaires, tech titans, celebrities & influencers. No one is being spared. Xi Jinping's paranoia is driving this crackdown. Palki Sharma tells you what his motives are.

Gravitas Plus: Why is Xi Jinping cracking down on everyone?

In a crackdown on accounts spreading COVID-19 misinformation, Facebook removed a series of such accounts days before Germany’s federal elections. These accounts were also encouraging violent responses to Covid restrictions.

In a crackdown, Facebook axed accounts spreading Covid misinformation in Germany before polls

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