For instance, fingerprints can easily be damaged, copied or forged, while facial recognition can involve issues like information misuse and privacy protection," Eyecool's Wang said.

例如，指纹很容易被损坏、复制或伪造，而面部识别可能涉及信息滥用和隐私保护等问题，”Eyecool的王说。

Regulators mull fresh steps to tackle ethical problems like misuse of techChina's financial regulators will step up efforts to improve corporate governance at financial technology, or fintech, companies and curb financial risks related to ethical issues like misuse of technology, a central bank official said on Friday.

Nation steps up regulation of big tech companiesCybersecurity reviews launched by China into internet platforms, including Didi Global, underline the country's resolve to crack down on data breaches and misuse, according to legal experts and technology industry observers.

TikTok filed a lawsuit over the executive order Monday, arguing that the order is unconstitutional and a misuse of the IEEPA.

In China, as elsewhere, trademark owners such as CSG are keen to exploit the valuable reputation they have built up assiduously over the years, and to protect their brand from misuse by third parties.

The company has been hit with public criticism for its failure to verify fundraisers' claims and to detect misuse of donations.

"Facebook agreed to pay an additional $100 million to settle allegations that it misled investors about the seriousness of the misuse of users' data, the Securities and Exchange Commission said on Wednesday.

Facebook has already written this penalty down as a one-time-cost in return for the extraordinary profits reaped from a decade of data misuse," said Blumenthal.

It's the misuse of that bigness, and market dominance such as Facebook has been doing by acquiring innovative companies before they can really reach maturity and also copying new technologies so as to stifle competition and innovation," he said.

The plan to establish a cell phone factory in Uganda was hatched in July, 2017 when a government delegation that visited China asked Chinese authorities to give Uganda a comprehensive cyber-security solution, including technical capacity to monitor and curb increasing social media misuse.

China firmly opposes protectionist actions through the misuse of trade remedy measures, said the Ministry of Commerce at a news conference in Beijing.

Meanwhile, sharing economy platforms are facing potential risks and challenges in data leakage and data misuse and they should enhance their compliance level in data management, the report added.

Anyone who has followed breaking news in China will remember authorities' decision to remove Didi Chuxing, a ride-hailing app, from app stores for illegal collection and misuse of its users' personal information.

"This agreement is so important because it takes a new step, recognizing that there are key exports on both sides that need to be protected against misuse and copying," Lorenzo Castellani, a political scientist with Rome's LUISS University, told Xinhua.

China consistently advocates for the reasonable and prudent use of trade remedy measures and firmly opposes unilateralism and protectionism through the misuse of such measures, he added.

"The law was made to prevent misuse of human drugs on animals raised for food," he said.

Hence, AI practitioners and regulators must invest in innovations that contribute to societal wellbeing and tackle pressing challenges, including discrimination and potential misuse of AI.

He also highlighted the significance to collectively preventing and combating the malicious misuse of AI technology by terrorists, extremist forces and transnational criminal organizations.

We also need to make sure that our data inspire trust and that we have the right measures in place to protect against its misuse," she added.

The government's changed approach was needed to check the misuse of subsidies by companies in the past as many of them had set up EV charging stations in remote areas due to low land prices where there is less need for EV charging, and to guarantee proper management of current EV charging stations.

"Nissan filed the criminal complaint on the basis of Ghosn's misuse of a significant amount of the company's funds.

It is more like a signature that the US government is continuing to misuse political and legislative power to contain the rise of Chinese telecom and tech companies.

The administration issued a draft regulation earlier this month for the internet sector, which requires internet-based companies not to misuse technology to illegally capture or use other business operators' data.

On Aug 20, China's top legislature also enacted a law that will protect people's personal information－a widely anticipated item of legislation as the public has long been bothered by data misuse and privacy leakage.

Misuse or illegal use of data as well as data monopoly will greatly weaken the vitality of the development of the country's digital economy.

Yi said industry and information technology authorities should take steps to ensure safe and controllable data flows, while cybersecurity authorities should standardize the behavior of enterprises using the data to prevent the misuse of personal and private information.

It has also rolled out strict punishment for violations such as misappropriation and misuse of fund capital.

The internet sector has experienced regulatory tightening since the end of 2020 as China initiated a fresh round of anti-monopoly regulation aimed at reining in the unchecked expansion of capital, unfair competition and misuse of consumers' data and abuse of consumers' privacy by some big technology companies.

There should be no misuse of suspension mechanism, and public companies cannot resort to suspended trading for concealing any information.

This unified nationwide supervisory system can warn about misuse of direct funds in real time to ensure the funds can be used legally and in a targeted fashion, which is simultaneously supervised by the national audit departments, Liu said.

But there has been some misuse of the direct funds.

This can warn about misuse of direct funds in real time to ensure the funds can be used legally and in a targeted fashion, Xu added.

It will also prevent misuse of government funds," said Wang.

Recognizing that some well-managed firms have optimized resources and reduced costs by means of financial holding firms, Pan also noted irregularities in the sector, including misuse of funds from financial institutions and improper profits from related-party transactions.

[Photo/Agencies]The Ministry of Finance is expected to come out with detailed regulations for public-private partnership projects to curb potential debt risks and prevent the misuse of fiscal funds by local governments, officials said on Wednesday.

Such misuse of consumer loans is tantamount to violation of banking regulations, he said.

Websites such as Shuidichou and Qingsongchou have played "positive roles" in helping financially strapped families pay their medical bills, but the operations have been mired by accused misuse of such tools, which has hampered the development of charitable causes.

He said such projects have helped some people raise much-needed money for costly medical bills, but the misuse of such platforms has raised public concerns, which hurts the credibility of the charitable industry.

According to the report, websites such as Shuidichou and Qingsongchou have played "positive roles" in helping financially strapped families pay their health costs, but the operations have been mired by accused misuse of such tools, which has hampered the development of charitable causes.

Illicit activities such as data leaks, trafficking and misuse have increased, posing challenges to data security.

Hu Zhi'ang, former head of the National Inspection and Testing Center for Quality of Security and Alarm Systems in Beijing, said the regulations clearly stipulate the deployment and use of anti-drone equipment, which will avoid the negative impact from misuse of such devices.

Malicious registrations generally are applications that violate the principles of legitimacy and good faith, including trademark squatting — the illegal registration of someone's else's trademark to make a profit — appropriation and imitation, infringements of others' rights, misuse of public resources and massive or repeated registration in bad faith.

Problems found in an audit of key funds and projects last year involving the misuse of about 663 billion yuan ($95 billion) have been mostly rectified, according to a report delivered to the ongoing session of the country's top legislature.

According to the report, the misuse of about 178 billion yuan in areas related to livelihoods has been rectified to ensure government funds are properly used in such areas as employment, medical care, housing, agriculture and rural vitalization.

Efforts were also made to solve the problems of formalism in the improvement of rural toilets, the misuse of agricultural insurance subsidy funds, and illegal housing loans.