The Department of Health and Human Services is mandating all 25,000 health care workers to get the vaccine. That makes it the third federal agency to mandate the shot. The other two are the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense. This comes as three airlines won’t be following United in mandating the vaccine….
Deep Dive (Aug. 12): White House, Fauci Use TikTok Influencers to Boost Vaccination
Rubio Urges American Airlines to Suspend Free In-Flight TikTok Access
August 6, 2021
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Aug. 5 called on American Airlines to suspend its “innovative partnership” with popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok, citing privacy and data security concerns. American Airlines announced the partnership with TikTok on Monday, saying it would allow passengers to get 30-minutes of free access to the platform. TikTok, Rubio said, is…
19-Year-Old Shot in California Movie Theater Dies
CORONA, Calif.—A young man who had been on life support after being shot inside a Southern California movie theater has died, police and his family said Saturday. Anthony Barajas, 19, was watching “The Forever Purge” at a theater in Corona with Rylee Goodrich, 18, on Monday when they were shot in the head. They were…
One Arrested in Shooting That Wounded TikTok Star, Killed Teen
CORONA, Calif.—Police have arrested a man in connection with a shooting that killed an 18-year-old woman and seriously wounded a 19-year-old social media influencer as they watched “The Forever Purge” at a Southern California movie theater. Authorities say there is no known motive for the violence and that the shooting Monday appeared to be “an…
Spain: Judge Jails Suspect Wanted by US in 2020 Twitter Hack
MADRID—A British man wanted in the United States in connection with a Twitter hack that compromised dozens of influential accounts has been jailed in Spain while he awaits possible extradition. Joseph O’Connor, 22, appeared before a Spanish National Court judge Thursday and refused to be transferred to the U.S. voluntarily, a court spokesman told The…
Dutch Data Protection Authority Fines TikTok Over Privacy
July 22, 2021
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands—The Netherlands’ Data Protection Authority said Thursday it has fined TikTok 750,000 euros ($885,000) for not offering a privacy statement in Dutch, saying many children who use the popular video sharing app would be unable to understand the information. The agency said that by not offering a Dutch-language privacy statement, “TikTok failed to…
Adrian’s Kickback Ricochets as Police File Charges
July 9, 2021
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Authorities in Huntington Beach, Calif. submitted charges July 8 against 35 minors in connection with an unruly beach gathering that garnered Internet infamy. “To the Adrian’s Kickback crowd—I hope you didn’t think we forgot about you,” Huntington Beach police said in a Facebook post. “This is just the beginning.” The charges stemmed from a May 22…
Beijing Weaponizes Healthcare and Mobile Apps to Target Individuals: Expert
The communist regime in China uses healthcare and apps as weapons as part of its playbook, said an expert on China and the Indo-Pacific. Cleo Paskal, an associate fellow at Chatham House and a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said that lessons could be learned from China’s neighbors, particularly India and…
Dutch Group Launches Data Harvesting Claim Against TikTok
THE HAGUE, Netherlands—A Dutch consumer group is launching a 1.5 billion euro ($1.8 billion) claim against TikTok over what it alleges is unlawful harvesting of personal data from users of the popular video sharing platform. The Consumentenbond and a foundation called Take Back Your Privacy demanded Thursday that TikTok pay damages to 1.2 million to…
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Epoch TV Review: ‘6 US Companies Owned by China’
An episode of “China in Focus,” titled “6 U.S. Companies Owned by China that You Didn’t Know About” looks at companies in the United States owned by Chinese firms affiliated with the Chinese Communist regime (CCP) and promoting its objectives. Some of the companies revealed are as surprising as they are well-known in our country,…