News Analysis White House and Department of Commerce representatives called for federal legislation to protect online user data on Monday, and said the Biden administration is committed to digital privacy. Since taking office, however, the administration has enacted policies that give the government greater access to private data. Speaking at the “State of the Net”…
Biden Officials Champion Digital Privacy, Policies Tell a Different Story
Biden Officials Champion Digital Privacy at TikTok-Sponsored Event
WASHINGTON—Biden administration officials on March 6 called for federal legislation to protect online user privacy at an event sponsored by TikTok. The China-owned TikTok was listed as a “platinum sponsor” for the “State of the Net” event. The Biden administration late last month gave the federal government 30 days to ensure TikTok is removed from work…
South Africa Choosing Sides in China–Russia Wargames
Commentary Combined military and naval drills between South Africa, Russia, and China began on Feb. 22. The 10-day wargames coincided with the one-year anniversary of the Russian War in Ukraine. Leading up to the start of the exercises, Russian warships docked in South Africa. The ships were marked with the letters “Z” and “V”, which have…
Nikki Haley Makes Appeal to MAGA Crowd at CPAC
Nikki Haley, who announced her run for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination last month, on March 3 addressed the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which over the past several years has been a forum for the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement led by former President Donald Trump, under whom Haley served as U.S….
The Dark Side of ChatGPT
News Analysis OpenAI is a research organization founded by Elon Musk and Sam Altman in 2015 as a challenger to Google. The original mission of the venture was to create artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity as a whole. The most notable part of OpenAI is a function called Chat GPT. It’s a chat…
Unprecedented Number of Chinese Nationals Crossing US Border Coincides With ‘Run’ Social Media Trend in China
The lockdown of Shanghai, China’s largest city, in March 2022 prompted the emergence of “润,” pronounced run, as Chinese try to emigrate. In January, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced a tenfold increase in the number of Chinese people crossing the southern border, raising national security concerns. In January alone, 1,084 Chinese nationals were apprehended…
Biden’s Agenda for US Military in 2023 Transforms the Institution to an Unprecedented Degree, Analysts Say
News Analysis The Biden administration’s efforts to revise and extend radical policies affecting the culture of the U.S. military and the status of certain service members may make 2023 one of the most transformative years in the history of this nation’s armed services, changing the institution beyond recognition, policy analysts and commentators have told The…
A Look at China’s ‘Bicameral’ Annual Legislative Sessions
News Analysis In the eyes of foreigners, it appears that China has a bicameral political system similar to the West. Beijing’s authorities always claim that China has its own form of democracy. Unless deeply looking into how politics works in China, it is hard for Westerners to understand how China’s legislature works. Usually in March…
CCP Pandemic Data Sources Contradict
Commentary China is the country of origin of the COVID-19 outbreak, which has significantly impacted the world since the first cases were reported in December 2019. As of Jan. 8, 2023, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) only reported a cumulative total of 5,272 deaths since 2019, and the regime downgraded the…
Inflation Seems to Be Re-Accelerating
Commentary It was a bad week for those promising that our inflation problems are going away. All data from January suggest exactly the opposite. The headlines for consumer prices were all about “cooling,” “firming,” “easing,” “moderating,” and another or so dozen weasel words to disguise the reality that January’s numbers had gained steam over December…
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