The UK’s surveillance watchdog said a timeline should be set up to assess the risks of using Chinese-made equipment and to remove or replace them if appropriate. In an interview published on Monday in The Times of London, Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Fraser Sampson likened the widespread use of Chinese cameras and drones to “digital asbestos,”…
UK Surveillance Tsar Voices Concern Over Chinese Equipment
Blacklisted Chinese Hikvision Aids PRC Police to Track Protesters, Falun Gong
Chinese video surveillance giant Hikvision has activated alarms to aid the Chinese regime in tracking protesters and Falun Gong adherents, according to the latest report from Pennsylvania-based video surveillance information company IPVM. Protest activities subjected to alarm include “gathering crowds to disrupt order in public places,” “unlawful assembly, procession, demonstration,” and threats to “petition,” among…
‘Mind Dominance’: The CCP’s Disinformation War on US Social Media
News Analysis Clusters of new social media profiles emerge and interact with long-dormant accounts, seemingly exchanging viewpoints from across the American political spectrum. Some sport American flags for profile pictures; others have images of beautiful women. Almost all are anonymous, though some impersonate real people. In tweets and posts and messages they spread their views….
US Chip Ban on China Requires Strict Enforcement to Thwart Circumvention by Beijing: Experts
While many have credited the Biden administration’s extensive export bans on semiconductor technology to China as dealing a huge blow to the Chinese regime’s economic and military ambitions, the success of the measures ultimately depends on enforcement, according to experts. The Department of Commerce in October imposed extensive export controls aimed at restricting the Chinese…
Ron DeSantis Offered Libs of TikTok Creator Refuge in Governor’s Mansion During Doxxing Threat
When the press doxxed Libs of TikTok creator Chaya Raichik, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said she could stay in the governor’s mansion. “If you don’t feel safe, you or your family, if you need a place to go, to hide, to stay, you can come to the governor’s mansion. We have a guest house for…
US Tech Restrictions Curb China’s Military Ambitions
Commentary With the threat of U.S.-China military conflict looming, it is critical for the United States to cut off the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) from the technology the Chinese regime needs to conduct next-generation warfare. “The government’s prioritization of issues like climate change and woke gender ideologies over core national security interests gives Beijing reason…
ByteDance Used TikTok to Spy on US Journalists: Report
An internal investigation has revealed that Chinese company ByteDance, which owns TikTok, used the company’s access to user data to improperly track American journalists, according to media reports. A Dec. 22 report by Forbes revealed that an internal ByteDance investigation, conducted by an outside law firm, found that employees tracked multiple journalists who were responsible for…
US Must Remove CCP from Society: Robert Spalding
A former U.S. general is sounding the alarm on the ties that bind China’s communist regime to the levers of American power. Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Spalding said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as a single-party state, is seeking to undermine and ultimately displace the United States. To…
University of Oklahoma Bans TikTok From Devices After Governor’s Order Barring App Over National Security Risks
The University of Oklahoma is banning employees and students from using the Chinese-owned app TikTok on university devices and networks. All university-administered TikTok accounts will also be deleted and replaced with alternate social media platforms, according to a Dec. 20 brief addressed to University of Oklahoma students and employees which was shared on Twitter by…
TikTok Ban on Government Devices Included in Omnibus Bill
A Congressional omnibus bill introduced this week includes legislation that would ban the social media app TikTok from government devices due to national security concerns. The $1.65 trillion spending bill (pdf) introduced on Dec. 20 includes a measure that would ban TikTok from all devices in the executive branch, and closely resembles bans on the…
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