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As Delta Bans TikTok, Experts Warn About Beijing’s Data Grab

July 8, 2023
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Delta Airlines has banned TikTok. Delta employees had until Friday afternoon to remove the app from phones, computers, and other smart devices that connect to company systems. The airline is just the latest entity to restrict TikTok’s use in the United States. Concerns about the Chinese app’s use of American data are finally starting to…

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TikTok Reveals Everything About Users and Those Around Them: Expert

June 16, 2023
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TikTok is under scrutiny by the U.S. government in light of national security concerns. An expert pointed out that the content hidden in TikTok’s terms of use and privacy policy is very concerning, that users who install the app voluntarily reveal everything about themselves and the information of those around them. “The cyber system in…

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TikTok Sues Montana After State Bans App

May 22, 2023
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TikTok has filed a lawsuit challenging Montana’s recent ban on the Chinese-owned short-video app in the state. The ban, scheduled to be enforced from Jan. 1, 2024, is being contested by TikTok Inc. on the grounds that it infringes upon the First Amendment rights of the company and its users. In the lawsuit filed in…

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‘Smoke and Mirrors’: Congressman Unconvinced by TikTok’s Remedial Plan to Stay in US

May 20, 2023
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The Chinese-owned TikTok’s proposal for remaining in the United States is no more than artful deception and hasn’t addressed its link to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to the House Homeland Security Committee chairman. “The token steps TikTok has taken are all smoke and mirrors, and the risks to Americans’ privacy and data security…

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78-Year-Old US Citizen Sentenced to Life by Chinese Court

May 15, 2023
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One Hong Kong-based U.S. citizen, nearly 80 years old and facing a life sentence, has just been convicted by a Chinese court. He was found guilty of spying and stripped of his political rights after heading off a number of pro-China groups overseas and visits with Beijing officials. It all started back in spring 2021,…

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Fired ByteDance Exec Claims in Lawsuit That China Has Open Access to US User Data

May 15, 2023
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A former executive at ByteDance has alleged in a lawsuit filed against the tech company that Chinese regime officials had unfettered access to the company’s data when he worked there, including data stored in the United States. Yintao Yu, 36, was the head of engineering for ByteDance’s U.S. operations from August 2017 to November 2018. He…

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Ban on TikTok Faces Hurdle as Top Officials Still on Platform: Cybersecurity Expert

April 19, 2023
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The ban on the Chinese video sharing app Tiktok might face hurdles as top officials are on the platform, says cybersecurity expert Rex Lee. The Chinese app has been in the headlines recently, especially after the testimony from Singapore-based TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi before members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in late…

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Orange County Lawyer, TikTok Star Wants to Take on Rep. Michelle Steel

April 13, 2023
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Commentary In recent Orange County news, University of California–Irvine Law School alumna Cheyenne Hunt has thrown her hat in the ring to compete for the 45th Congressional District in 2024. Kim Bernice Nguyen, a Garden Grove City Councilwoman, has also announced her candidacy, along with Brea lawyer Aditya Pai. Currently, Rep. Michelle Steel represents the…

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TikTok: America’s Do-Or-Die Moment With China

April 4, 2023
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Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary Adi Robertson, The Verge’s senior tech and policy editor, makes an impassioned plea to not ban TikTok, China’s popular video-sharing app, on free speech grounds. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), speaking on the floor of the Senate on March 29, also raised First Amendment objections to a proposed TikTok prohibition. Nonetheless, it is…

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TikTok Banned on Australian Government Devices

April 3, 2023
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The Australian government has banned the social media app Tiktok from all government devices following a security review by Home Affairs Minister Claire O’Neil amid ongoing international concern. The ban, which was announced on April 4 by Australia’s Attorney General Mark Dreyfus, will prohibit any government-issued devices used by politicians and public servants from installing…

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