Joe Rogan has warned TikTok users about the privacy and safety concerns posed by the Chinese-owned social media platform, saying that ultimately their data end up in the hands of China. Rogan said on the latest episode of his podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” that he had fallen “down a TikTok rabbit hole” reading the company’s…
Joe Rogan Warns of TikTok Privacy Issues: ‘It Ends With China Having All of Your Data’
July 27, 2022
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TikTok’s Chinese Owner Spent Record-High $2.14 Million on Lobbying
July 22, 2022
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TikTok’s parent company in China, ByteDance, spent $2.14 million on lobbying the U.S. government in the second quarter, according to a federal lobbying disclosure report made public on July 20. That amount was an increase of 130 percent from the previous quarter, when the Beijing-based company spent $930,000 on lobbying in the United States. For…
UK Teenagers Increasingly Getting News From CCP-Backed TikTok
The UK’s communications regulator has found that teenagers in the country are turning away from traditional news channels and are instead looking to Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. In its News Consumption in the UK 2021/22 report, released on Thursday, Ofcom said that social media is overtaking traditional channels for news among teens. Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube…
China-based Servers Hinder Criminal Investigations and Data Can be Accessed: US Prosecutor
With U.S. companies using servers in China to hold customer data, it has become increasingly difficult for U.S. authorities to access that information for criminal investigations. “By moving the data to the PRC, service providers are increasingly putting evidence of crimes out of the reach of prosecutors and agents,” said Carolyn Pokorny, deputy U.S. Attorney…
Nearly 60 Percent of Americans Want TikTok Removed From App Stores: Poll
Almost 60 percent of Americans believe that the Chinese-owned short video app TikTok should be removed from app stores after revelations that American user data has been repeatedly accessed in China, according to a new poll. In a survey conducted by the Convention of States Action and Trafalgar Group, 58.6 percent of respondents said they…
Taiwan Accuses Chinese Company of Stealing Secrets
Shanghai is on its way toward a new round of mass testing; there’s fear the city is headed back under a new lockdown. Taiwan takes another step toward tackling intellectual property theft. This time, the island is taking aim at a Chinese Apple supplier. A high-level Taiwanese delegation visits the Czech Republic. The country’s leader…
Capitol Report (July 15): Officials: Border Crisis Constitutes Invasion; Getting Out of Inflation Spiral
July 15, 2022
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On Capitol Hill, House Democrats passed a bill to expand abortion access and make Roe v. Wade the law of the land. Republicans are pushing back. Will there be enough support to get this through in the Senate? With President Joe Biden overseas hoping to get the Saudis to produce more oil, inflation still rages…
Is Twitch Even More Dangerous Than TikTok?
Commentary After two young girls died participating in a viral challenge, TikTok, the most popular app in the world, is being sued for promoting “dangerous algorithms.” Created in China and exported to the world, TikTok is an app that really should be banned. However, it’s important to remember that other dangerous platforms exist. Besides TikTok,…
House GOP Lawmakers Launch Investigation Into TikTok’s Data Sharing Practice in China
July 15, 2022
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Two senior GOP House lawmakers are probing popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok over concerns that its non-public user data could be accessed by its China-based parent company ByteDance, which has ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “TikTok has gone on record numerous times claiming that they do not share Americans’ user data with the…
Troops’ Use of Beijing-Based TikTok Poses Security Risk, Regulator Testifies
July 14, 2022
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The use of the Beijing-based TikTok app by U.S. military service members on their personal phones poses a risk to U.S. national security, a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) official has said. Most American service members fail to see TikTok as a national security threat, Commissioner Brendan Carr told a House hearing on protecting service members and…
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