Lithuania's Defense Ministry has advised citizens to throw away Chinese mobile phones or avoid buying them after a government report found some devices have built-in censorship capabilities. 'Our recommendation is to not buy new Chinese phones, and to get rid of those already purchased as fast as reasonably possible,' Defense Deputy Minister Margiris Abukevicius told reporters in introducing the report. Lithuania's Defense Ministry has advised citizens to throw away Chinese mobile phones or avoid buying them after a government report found some devices have built-in censorship capabilities. The report said the list of terms which could be censored by the Xiaomi phone's system apps, including the default internet browser, currently includes 449 terms in Chinese and is continuously updated. 'This is important not only to Lithuania but to all countries which use Xiaomi equipment,' the Centre said in the report.

Source: Daily Mail September 22, 2021 09:45 UTC