Cybersecurity

Alibaba’s Jack Ma Urges China to Use Data to Combat Crime

  • Speech was televised to about 1.5 million officials nationwide
  • Make full use of big data to solve cases, security czar says

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Chinese billionaire Jack Ma proposed that the nation’s top security bureau use big data to prevent crime, endorsing the country’s nascent effort to build unparalleled online surveillance of its billion-plus people.

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