Island’s digital affairs ministry says 5 Chinese apps collect sensitive data, access biometric functions and ‘extract system information’.

Taiwan has blocked RedNote, a popular mainland Chinese social media platform among young people on the island, citing “fraud prevention” and “information security” concerns. Taiwan’s Ministry of the Interior’s Criminal Investigation Bureau issued a policy on Thursday announcing an internet shutdown and access restriction order for RedNote, tentatively for one year. RedNote is a lifestyle social media platform similar to Instagram popular with young people from mainland China and around the…

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