Police were making people delete pictures from their phones along the road in Shanghai where large Covid protests took place over the weekend (Picture: Edward Lawrence)
The Chinese police are forcing civilians to delete photos from their phones amid anti-lockdown protests.
People in China are being made to delete photos from their phones amid ongoing anti-lockdown protests, according to a BBC journalist.
Edward Lawrence, a camera operator for the BBC’s China Bureau, who was beaten and kicked by officers while covering the anti-government demonstration this weekend, captured Chinese police asking for pictures to be deleted from devices.
In the video, police were making people delete pictures from their phones along the road in Shanghai where large Covid protests took place over the weekend.
Over the weekend, protesters have taken to the streets in at least seven cities across China, demanding an end to President Xi Jinping’s rule and his strict Covid restrictions.
The new wave of protests against its government’s draconian Covid measures – its biggest demonstrations since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. But it looks like Apple wants to have no part in helping protesters.
At least three people were arrested on 28 November amid clashes between residents and police in Shanghai.
Earlier this month, American tech giant, Apple, restricted its AirDrop feature on iPhones in China, after reports that it was being used by anti-government protesters to share digital leaflets opposing President Xi Jinping and the Chinese government.
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Police are cracking down on evidence of the anti-lockdown protests.
