Commentary Even as security concerns mount over TikTok, Americans are downloading another app from China at record speeds. The e-commerce app, called Temu, is for online shopping. It competes directly with Amazon, which it seeks to undercut by selling stuff at much lower prices. Lenovo wireless earbuds, for example, can be bought for as little…
NTD Good Morning (Dec. 28): CDC Purges Vaccine Data?; SCOTUS Keeps Title 42 for Now; TikTok Banned From U.S. House Rep. Devices
Were thousand of myocarditis records removed from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System? That’s what some were alleging on Twitter on Dec. 27. Title 42 will be kept in place, at least for now. The supreme court ruled that it will remain as legal disputes play out. The policy was aimed at stopping the spread…
University of Idaho Professor Sues TikTok Personality Who Linked Her to Student Murders
A professor at the University of Idaho filed a defamation lawsuit against a TikTok personality, who published dozens of videos linking the professor to the killing of four students at the campus last month, court documents show. The deaths of the four University of Idaho students remain unsolved after their bodies were found in a…
Indiana AG Todd Rokita Urges Residents to Delete ‘CCP-Controlled’ TikTok
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has called on state residents to protect their privacy from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) by deleting the “deceptive social networking app” TikTok from their phones. Rokita, who has launched two lawsuits against the “CCP-controlled” app, urged Indiana residents on Friday not to wait for the White House “to take action”…
NTD Business (Dec. 23): Report: $482 Billion Taxpayer Money Wasted in 2022; Friday Flight Cancellations Top 4,700
The House passes the $1.7 trillion spending bill with just hours to spare—avoiding a partial government shutdown. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says nearly half a trillion dollars of taxpayer money were wasted this year. Of that, $3 million went into research on hamsters fighting on steroids. ByteDance admits that two TikTok employees spied on two…
ByteDance Used TikTok to Spy on US Journalists: Report
December 22, 2022
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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…
15 States Pushing Apple and Google to Increase Age Recommendation for TikTok
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced he has joined counterparts from 14 other states to send letters to Apple and Google asking them to increase the age rating for the TikTok app, currently marketed to children 12 years old and up. The attorneys general detailed the misleading nature of the TikTok age ratings—which incorrectly portray…
15 States Push Apple and Google to Increase Age Recommendation for TikTok
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced he has joined counterparts from 14 other states to send letters to Apple and Google asking them to increase the age rating for the TikTok app, currently marketed to children 12 years old and up. The attorneys general detailed the misleading nature of the TikTok age ratings—which incorrectly portray…
University of Oklahoma Bans TikTok From Devices After Governor’s Order Barring App Over National Security Risks
December 21, 2022
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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…
Influencer or Impactor?
December 20, 2022
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In the digital world we live in, there has been a rise of “influencers,” who are intended to use their presence and reach. But are influencers actually impacting anyone for good? Or are they just human marketing tools in a vast sea of e-commerce and social engineering? …
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