University in China Launched Mandatory Search of Devices Belonging to Staff and Students

A university in southern China issued a document mandating the thorough inspection of mobile phones, computers, and drives.
University in China Launched Mandatory Search of Devices Belonging to Staff and Students
A traffic police officer (R) uses a smartphone to report during a live broadcasting outside a school at the first day of the 2018 college entrance exam of China, or the "Gaokao", in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province on June 7, 2018. AFP/Getty Images
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A university in Guangxi Province in southern China issued a document mandating the thorough inspection of mobile phones, computers, and drives belonging to all teachers, staff, and students at the university.

Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported that it received a document about the inspection from an insider of Guilin University of Electronic Technology, a state university, located in Guangxi’s provincial capital. The document said the inspection would last for half a month from Nov. 7 to Nov. 23, and apply to all electronic devices of the more than 40,000 students and staff at the university . The document required everyone to undergo the inspection.