The House Chief Administration Officer has warned lawmakers against using TikTok, a popular video-sharing application owned by Chinese parent company ByteDance, citing security and privacy concerns. The warning came as growing numbers of congressmen are using the app to reach out to the younger constituents that are its frequent users. The cyber advisory issued on…
House Administrators Warn Lawmakers to Not Use TikTok
August 11, 2022
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Former Twitter Worker Found Guilty of Spying For Saudi Arabia
August 11, 2022
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A federal jury has convicted a former employee at Twitter for transmitting user information on behalf of Saudi Arabia and its royal family. Ahmad Abouammo, 44, worked for Twitter as a Media Partnerships Manager for the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region between November 2013 and May 2015. The evidence submitted during his trial showed that…
Snap Launches Tools for Parents to Monitor Teens’ Contacts
Snap Inc., owner of the popular messaging app Snapchat, rolled out its first parental control tools on Tuesday, which will allow parents to see who their teens are talking to, but not the substance of their conversations. The new feature called Family Center is launching at a time when social media companies have been criticized…
Elon Musk Sells $6.9 Billion of Tesla Shares Ahead of Twitter Court Battle
Elon Musk has sold a further $6.9 billion of his shares in Tesla Inc., according to new filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission published on Aug. 9. The selloff took place between Aug.5 and Aug.9 following Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting last week, and amid the tech billionaire’s legal battle with social media platform Twitter. Musk sold 7,924,107 shares,…
Phone Ban Sees Negative Behaviours Vanish in Students
An Australian high school has reported dramatic improvements in student behaviour in just eight weeks after implementing a firm ban on cell phones. Among the seventh to tenth-grade students (ages 12 to 16), Davidson High School’s principal David Rule saw a 90 percent reduction in behavioural issues related to phones in the school, such as bullying,…
Musk Challenges Twitter CEO to Public Debate on Bots
August 6, 2022
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Elon Musk on Saturday challenged Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal to a public debate about the percentage of bots on the social media platform. “Let him prove to the public that Twitter has <5% fake or spam daily users!,” Musk said in a tweet. He also started a poll asking users whether less…
Musk Says Twitter Deal Should Go Ahead If It Provides Proof of Real Accounts
Elon Musk said that if Twitter Inc. could provide its method of sampling 100 accounts and how it confirmed that the accounts are real, his $44 billion deal to buy the company should proceed on its original terms. “However, if it turns out that their SEC filings are materially false, then it should not,” Musk…
Twitter Announces Security Flaw After 5.4 Million Accounts Reportedly Exposed
Twitter announced on Aug. 5 that it found a security flaw in its system that enabled a threat actor to learn about whether a phone number or an email address was associated with an existing Twitter account, after 5.4 million Twitter accounts were reportedly exposed by a threat actor. In a security advisory, Twitter said…
What Will Replace TikTok?
Commentary 2021 was a good year for Bytedance, a problematic company with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). TikTok, its main cash cow, was the most downloaded app of the year. Although—and this is a point of considerable importance—compared to 2020 figures, total downloads decreased by 194 million. TikTok is still popular, just not as popular…
Elon Musk Accuses Twitter of Fraud: Countersuit
Elon Musk in a countersuit has accused Twitter executives of fraudulently presenting an undercount of fake users, known as bots. Twitter in July sued Musk for withdrawing from a $44 billion acquisition agreement, alleging he breached the agreement. In the counter-filing, entered under seal last month and obtained by The Epoch Times on Aug. 5,…
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