Chinese Regime Treats GitHub Use as Security Threat in School Case

Students arrive for a ceremony on the first day of the new school year at an elementary school in Beijing on Sept. 1, 2021. Kevin Frayer/Getty ImagesA leaked internal document from a school in eastern China is drawing criticism after local authorities classified a student’s access to GitHub—a globally used open-source coding platform—as a “security vulnerability,” prompting sweeping disciplinary measures including device confiscation and system wipes.The incident, which took place in Yuyao, China, is the latest example of how the Chinese regime’s tightening internet controls are increasingly impacting education, sparking concerns among analysts that ordinary academic activity is being recast as a political risk.