Tag: technology

Congress Members to Receive Classified Briefing on Chinese Spy Balloon on Thursday

Multiple Congressional staffers have confirmed to The Epoch Times that Congress members will be briefed on the morning of Feb. 9 regarding the Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States last week. The meeting comes after days of debate between Republicans and Democrats about how the Biden administration addressed the craft and the…


House Members to Receive Classified Briefing on Chinese Spy Balloon on Thursday

Multiple Congressional staffers have confirmed to The Epoch Times that Congressional representatives will be briefed on the morning of Feb. 9 regarding the Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States last week. The meeting comes after days of debate between Republicans and Democrats about how the Biden administration addressed the craft and the…


Witnesses at House Hearing Debate Proposals for Stopping CCP Economic and Geopolitical Aggression

With the world’s attention focused on Beijing’s meddling in the affairs of foreign nations and on tensions in an increasingly adversarial relationship between China and the United States, a panel of witnesses with expertise in diplomacy, trade, and national security presented a range of views on how best to counter the Chinese threat and safeguard…


AI Deepfake ‘News Anchors’ Used in Pro-China Videos on Social Media: Report

Artificial intelligence-generated deepfake news anchors are being used by Chinese state-aligned actors to promote pro-China propaganda videos on social media, according to a new report published on Feb. 7. The detailed report (pdf) by U.S.-based research firm Graphika marks the first time it has observed “state-aligned influence operation actors using video footage of AI-generated fictitious people in their operations.”…


House Intel ‘Gang of Eight’ Will Be Briefed on Chinese Balloon This Week

A staffer for House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) told The Epoch Times that congressional leaders in the intelligence-focused “Gang of Eight” will be briefed this week on the Chinese balloon that flew over the United States. The staffer said the briefing on the suspected surveillance balloon will not take place tomorrow morning at…


Congress Intel ‘Gang of Eight’ Will Be Briefed on Chinese Balloon This Week

A staffer for House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) told The Epoch Times that congressional leaders in the intelligence-focused “Gang of Eight” will be briefed this week on the Chinese balloon that flew over the United States. The staffer said the briefing on the suspected surveillance balloon will not take place tomorrow morning at…


Biden Says Spy Balloon Raises Questions About Where US Can Still Work With China

President Joe Biden said China’s decision to fly a high-altitude balloon over the United States raises a question of where we can still work with China and where the two countries will be opposed. U.S. Air Force fighter jets shot the balloon down off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday after it had flown…


House Financial Services Committee to Hold Hearing on Chinese Regime’s Economic and Geopolitical Threat

As the world’s attention shifts heavily to Beijing’s role in the world in the aftermath of the shootdown of its spy balloon over U.S. territory on Feb. 4, a special hearing of the House Financial Services Committee will address subversion and aggression emanating from communist-ruled China and consider legislative proposals to counter these threats. A…


Biden Says He’s Not Sure About TikTok Ban

President Joe Biden left it open on whether he will ban the Chinese-owned short video app TikTok that has been drawing scrutiny for national security concerns. “I’m not sure. I know I don’t have it on my phone,” Biden said on Feb. 6, in response to a reporter’s question about TikTok after returning to Washington…


Delete TikTok App to Protect Your Personal Data, Says UK Lawmaker

People should delete TikTok from their smartphones to protect their personal data from “hostile” threats, a senior British Conservative lawmaker has said. There have long been concerns around TikTok over its links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), because its parent company ByteDance was founded in the country, and critics have raised fears data could…