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What next for Chinese tech apps?

China's efforts to exert more control over Hong Kong

China is trying to exert more control over Hong Kong - efforts which are making the tech giants of Silicon Valley nervous. The authorities are trying to crack down on what's become known as "doxxing" that’s revealing someone’s personal information without their permission - police officers in Hong Kong have been frequent targets of this during anti-government protests. Asia Internet Coalition, a group representing firms including Amazon, Facebook and Twitter, has written to the Hong Kong government to express concern about these new proposed new privacy laws. They say it could make them liable for the malicious sharing of private information online.

Also in the programme, we hear from Stacie Marshall - a farmer in Georgia - who, after discovering her family had owned slaves, decided to try and make amends and reparations.

Plus, Iceland has been experimenting with a four day week for workers, which researches say has been "an overwhelming success"

And, the Cannes film festival gets under way in the south of France today.

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