Category: social control

The TikTok Trojan Horse and China’s Long Arm of Artificial Intelligence: Geoffrey Cain

 In this episode of American Thought Leaders, I sit down with Geoffrey Cain, an award-winning journalist, technologist, and author of “The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey into China’s Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future.” “Everybody was constantly being watched by an artificial intelligence system, which was called the IJOP,” says Cain, referring to a…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: The TikTok Trojan Horse and China’s Long Arm of Artificial Intelligence: Geoffrey Cain

This episode will premiere on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 p.m. ET.  In this episode of American Thought Leaders, I sit down with Geoffrey Cain, an award-winning journalist, technologist, and author of “The Perfect Police State: An Undercover Odyssey into China’s Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future.” “Everybody was constantly being watched by an artificial…


Anti-Lockdown Protest Turns Violent in China’s Shenzhen

A large-scale protest erupted in Shenzhen early this week after the tech hub locked down three districts due to 10 new COVID-19 cases. The Shenzhen Health Commission announced seven symptomatic and three asymptomatic cases on Sept. 26, with four cases found in Luohu District, four cases in Futian District, and two cases in Longgang District,…


Meta Dismantles China-Based Covert Influence Operation Ahead of Midterm Elections

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram said on Sept. 27 that it disrupted a Chinese influence operation seeking to interfere in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections. Meta Platforms said that it had dismantled the China-based campaign, which targeted users in the United States with political content in an apparent effort to polarize voters. The…


89-Year-Old Chinese Writer Condemns the CCP for Zero-COVID Policies in Open Letter to Prime Minister

The mass mandatory PCR testing and random locking down of cities have stirred up much outcry among Chinese people. Protests erupted in the past months across the country, including in Beijing, Tianjin, Guiyang, Chongqing, and Wuhan. During this time, Chinese people have openly expressed their discontent online, opposing the regime’s harsh zero-COVID policies.  “The party [the Chinese…


Chinese Openly Oppose the Regime’s Zero-COVID Policy, as the CCP Party Congress Approaches

China’s ruling communist party (CCP) further tightened its control across the country in the name of curbing COVID-19 in the weeks before the CCP’s national party meeting in mid-October. Chinese citizens openly express opposition to the regime’s zero-COVID policy that has caused immense suffering and countless tragedies. A recent bus accident in Guizhou Province in…


Chinese Openly Oppose Regime’s Zero-COVID Policy Ahead of CCP Party Congress

Chinese citizens are openly expressing opposition to the communist regime’s highly restrictive zero-COVID policy, which has caused immense suffering, in the weeks before the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) national party meeting in mid-October. A recent bus accident in Guizhou Province in southwest China is sparking public anger over the policy. Early on Sept. 18, 27 people…


Lhasa Residents: ‘Isolated for Over 40 Days, With No Income, We Can’t Hold on Any Longer!’

Lhasa, the capital of western China’s Tibetan region, is drawing worldwide attention after a recent COVID-19 flare-up. The city—with population estimates ranging from 300,000 to around 900,000—has suffered chaotic pandemic management during a lockdown that has lasted over a month. Local authorities closed off parts of the city and mass-tested residents under the zero-COVID policies…


Snap CEO Attributes TikTok Success to ‘Billions and Billions of Dollars’ Spent by Communist China

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel has spoken out about the influence of the Chinese state in the success of TikTok, claiming that the c0mmunist regime has spent billions of dollars to equip the short video content app to dominate the market and edge out competitors. Speaking at the Code Conference 2022, Spiegel warned of the influence…


Students Protest Power Outage at College in China’s Wuhan, Discontent Grows Over COVID Lockdown

A large group of students gathered at a college campus in China’s Wuhan city on Sept. 19 to protest against the school administration’s handling of a power outage. Moreover, the campus has been locked down for weeks, and students are frustrated over strict COVID measures. The blackout affected multiple dormitory buildings, including Building 15 for…