https://www.nksc.lt/doc/en/analysis/2021-08-23_5G-CN-analysis_env3.pdf https://www.nksc.lt/doc/en/analysis/2021-08-23_5G-CN-analysi... Whole report is worth a

https://www.nksc.lt/doc/en/analysis/2021-08-23_5G-CN-analysis_env3.pdf https://www.nksc.lt/doc/en/analysis/2021-08-23_5G-CN-analysi... Whole report is worth a read, but page 22 is where this "censorship" is discussed. Given this is HN I think some of you would be interested in the technical specifics in order to give a proper, informed opinion here. The censorship involves blocking certain personalized ads within some of the core Xiao Mi apps by filtering political keywords. The keywords are all in mandarin, so ads that would be blocked would be Chinese ads. The list of keywords seems to be controversial political statements or news organization based on the report, including a pro china newspaper. The code is only run in China regions, but is stored on all these phones. Technically a standard software update could modify the code to remove that block. I understand concerns about censorship are high, but logically I don't see the concern here; that is if you're not in mainland China. If you're in mainland China the wrong personalized ad can get you into trouble so this very elementary ad censorship is necessary, but this is about the EU region. It's bold to assume they'd allow this to be run in other regions after the user updated the apps, there's just no reason too, nor is there anything particularly invasive or malicious going on here that is different from other smart phones, based on the technical report.