The Westminster City Council voted April 5 to ban the controversial social media app, TikTok, and websites made by China-based Bytedance Ltd., calling them a “security risk” to city networks. The resolution, approved on a 5–0 vote, bans the download and use of TikTok and prohibits personal phones from using it while accessing the city’s…
Westminster Bans TikTok on Government Issued Phones
April 12, 2023
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Ageism in America Is Bad, TikTok Is Making It Much Worse
Commentary In February, just a few months after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Eli Lilly over alleged age bias, the American pharmaceutical company headquartered in Indianapolis found itself at the center of yet another age discrimination lawsuit. A senior sales rep at Eli Lilly alleged that the company had been attempting to weed…
Watchdog Group Alleges Democrat Lawmaker Violated House Ethics Rules Using TikTok
Rep. Jeff Jackson (D-N.C.) violated House ethics rules while using TikTok, according to a nonprofit watchdog. In an April 10 letter (pdf), Kendra Arnold, executive director of the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), called on the Office of Congressional Ethics to “immediately investigate whether Representative Jeff Jackson has used a social media account…
Taiwan Responds to China’s Live-Fire Drills Around Island
The Chinese regime conducted live-fire military drills around Taiwan over the weekend, just a day after Taiwan’s president returned from her U.S. visit. The Chinese military’s Eastern Theatre Command on Sunday put out a short animation of simulated attacks on Taiwan on its WeChat account, showing missiles exploding in flames as they hit their targets….
NTD News Today (April 10): Soros-Funded Prosecutor Sanctioned for ‘Withholding Evidence’; IRS to Ramp Up Enforcement
A St. Louis judge has sanctioned a Soros-backed local prosecutor who let a murder suspect out on bond and allegedly withheld evidence. The IRS has released a “dirty dozen” list of common tax scams to be on guard against. The agency also intends to ramp up enforcement, including criminal investigation for certain assets. Sky News Australia…
One of the World’s Fastest Growing Media Group’s Removes Itself From TikTok, Calls the App A ‘Spy Network’
April 9, 2023
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Sky News Australia, one of the world’s leading media networks, has announced that it would discontinue publishing to the popular Chinese app TikTok in an effort to protect its reporters and audiences from security risks. Sky called TikTok a “spy network masquerading as a social media platform,” saying the risks of being on TikTok are…
‘Spy Network’: One of the World’s Fastest Growing Media Group’s Removes Itself From TikTok
April 9, 2023
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Right-leaning news channel Sky News Australia has announced that it would discontinue publishing to the popular Chinese app TikTok in an effort to protect its reporters and audiences from security risks. Sky called TikTok a “spy network masquerading as a social media platform,” saying the risks of being on TikTok are “far too great for any…
China: Mass Conflicts in Chengdu Over Dispute
A dispute over barricades is escalating into mass conflicts. Violence and chaos are rising out of control in a neighborhood in China, with crowds ripping down barricades and police officers rolling onto the scene. And it’s not a standalone incident. A man in black attacked a passersby with a kitchen knife. A barber shop owner…
Greens Call Tiktok Ban a Publicity Stunt, Opposition Wants Nationwide Ban
The Greens have called the federal government’s decision to ban TikTok on all government devices a publicity stunt to mask the Albanese government’s failings on data privacy across the social media spectrum. Greens party digital rights spokesperson, Senator David Shoebridge, said that banning TikTok is not a serious reform and argued it could just be…
TikTok: America’s Do-Or-Die Moment With China
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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