{"id":1215966,"date":"2022-01-14T09:34:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T14:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1215966"},"modified":"2022-01-14T09:34:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T14:34:50","slug":"the-genocide-games-team-gb-told-to-ditch-phones-for-beijing-olympics-due-to-spying-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-genocide-games-team-gb-told-to-ditch-phones-for-beijing-olympics-due-to-spying-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"The Genocide Games: Team GB Told to Ditch Phones For Beijing Olympics Due to Spying Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-genocide-games-team-gb-told-to-ditch-phones-for-beijing-olympics-due-to-spying-fears%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1215966&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-939119488-e1642100281271-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The British Olympic Association has advised Team GB not to bring their mobile phones to Beijing, due to spying fears.<\/p>\n<p>British athletes competing at the Winter Olympics have been told by the British Olympic Association (BOA) to avoid bringing their phones to Beijing for the Winter Olympics in February, due to fears the Chinese government may hack them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The BOA have offered the athletes temporary phones to take in their stead, to ensure potentially sensitive personal and training information will be protected from reaching Chinese authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Athletes have not, however, been banned from taking their own devices. The BOA has instead encouraged the competitors to \u201cmake their own choice\u201d after highlighting the potential risks to their privacy.<\/p>\n<p>China will allow foreign athletes to temporarily access Facebook and Twitter during the Games, platforms ordinary Chinese citizens are prohibited from using, which has also created security concerns over what information the Chinese government could have access to, the <em>Guardian<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2022\/jan\/12\/boa-offer-team-gb-athletes-temporary-phones-over-china-spying-fears\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Chinese authorities have previously been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/jul\/02\/chinese-border-guards-surveillance-app-tourists-phones\">caught<\/a> installing apps on tourists\u2019 phones which had the capability to download texts, emails and contacts to keep track of individuals in their nation.<\/p>\n<p>It is becoming common practice in China for police to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2018\/08\/14\/high-tech-surveillance-muslim-xinjiang-province-spreads-china\/\">scan<\/a> individuals\u2019 devices for&nbsp;\u201cillegal information\u201d during routine encounters with citizens, such as traffic stops. The communist state also uses facial recognition software to monitor its citizens, initially starting with the Muslim population of Xinjiang, but has since begun using it on citizens across their nation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">China Monitors Citizens with TVs, Smartphones, Artificial Intelligence, and Robot Birds<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XqgS1kkuQM\">https:\/\/t.co\/XqgS1kkuQM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YI2i7McE1P\">pic.twitter.com\/YI2i7McE1P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart Tech (@BreitbartTech) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartTech\/status\/1012463150032039936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The anxiety around Chinese authorities spying on British citizens is a major concern, with revelations this week from MI5 that a Chinese spy had been discovered to have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/13\/mi5-claims-chinese-spy-successfully-managed-to-infiltrate-uk-parliament\/\">successfully<\/a> infiltrated the British Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged spy,&nbsp;Christine Ching Kui Lee was exposed as a&nbsp;donor to&nbsp;Labour MP and former&nbsp;Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade,&nbsp;Barry Gardiner, giving the Labour Party almost&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyNewsBreak\/status\/1481694627451351054?s=20\">\u00a3700,000<\/a> in political donations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>MI5 claims Christine Ching Kui Lee, sought to influence British politics and make&nbsp;the UK political landscape more \u201cfavourable to the CCP\u2019s agenda\u201d as well as challenging those \u201cthat raise concerns about CCP activity, such as human rights\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Communist Spies Impersonating Hong Kong Refugees to Enter the UK: Report <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WXCYIF3kDa\">https:\/\/t.co\/WXCYIF3kDa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1425006502574759937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Several nations including the UK, Canada and the United States have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/china-dismisses-uk-canada-olympic-boycott-as-farce\/\">imposed<\/a> a so-called diplomatic boycott on the Chinese Winter Games, meaning politicians and heads of state will not attend. Undermining the stance is the fact the nations will still allow their athletes to compete, meaning the actual impact on the games by the \u2018boycott\u2019 will be minimal, if felt at all.<\/p>\n<p>The minor boycott, nevertheless, is in place largely due to increasing concerns about human rights abuses in China and in particular their treatment of Uyghur Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>Uyghur Muslims and other locals in the Chinese region of&nbsp;Xinjiang have been rounded up and forced into&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/12\/22\/china-launches-tsunami-of-anger-at-olympics-sponsor-intel-for-leaving-uyghur-slave-region\/\">hundreds<\/a> of&nbsp;concentration camps where they are subjected to torture, rape, enslavement and indoctrination. The campaign against the people Xinjiang has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/uk-independent-body-china-committed-genocide-in-xinjiang\/\">recognised as a genocide.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite mounting evidence of atrocities, including escapee testimonies, Chinese officials deny these are concentration camps, instead call them&nbsp;\u201cvocational training\u201d centres.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chinese state media portrays the forced sterilization of Uyghur women as a triumph of feminism because they don&#8217;t have to raise children. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D5Gjwvs944\">https:\/\/t.co\/D5Gjwvs944<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1348312041392582661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British Olympic Association has advised Team GB not to bring their mobile phones to Beijing, due to spying fears. 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