California Teachers Association (CTA) sent a warning to teachers on Oct.5 about the TikTok “slap a teacher” challenge, which encourages students to slap teachers. After an elementary school student struck a teacher in the back of her head in Lancaster County School District in South Carolina, CTA issued a warning titled “When Social Media Trends…
New TikTok Challenge Encourages Students to Assault Teachers, Union Warns
Huawei CFO Meng’s Plea Deal With the US Is Just the Latest Giveaway to China
September 29, 2021
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Commentary The Biden administration has spent been soft on communist China from the very beginning. Such examples include rescinding Trump-era executive orders that result in economic benefits to the Chinese regime, appointing pro-Beijing apparatchiks who advocate resetting relations with China, and allowing a de facto “hostage swap” for a Huawei executive awaiting extradition to the…
Microsoft CEO Says Failed TikTok Deal ‘Strangest Thing I’ve Worked On’
Microsoft’s near-acquisition of social media app TikTok last year was the “strangest thing I’ve ever worked on,” Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said on Monday. TikTok had been ordered by then-President Donald Trump to separate its U.S. version from Chinese parent ByteDance because of national security concerns about the collection of U.S. users’ data. Microsoft…
TikTok Trend Leads to Destruction of School Property
A popular TikTok trend, called the “devious licks” challenge, has led to the destruction of school property across the country. California school districts are now asking parents to help encourage students to report vandalization of school property. The TikTok trend encourages students to steal and destroy items in school restrooms. Damages cost Central Valley schools thousands…
Chinese Version of TikTok Limits App Use for Children Under 14
September 20, 2021
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The Chinese version of TikTok, called Douyin, on Sept. 18 announced that it had placed limits on youth usage of the app of up to 40 minutes a day. Douyin said in a statement that all authorized users under 14 years old will now access the app in a “youth mode.” The move is part of…
Irish Data Watchdog to Probe TikTok Over Handling of User Data
TikTok, the Chinese-owned video sharing platform, faces two inquiries from a data regulator in the European Union (EU) over its processing of children’s information and transferring of user data to China. The IrishData Protection Commission (DPC) said it will first look at the processing of personal data in the context of platform settings for users…
Man Tests Positive After 21-Day Quarantine in China
A new CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus outbreak hits China. A man tests positive after three weeks in quarantine and testing negative nine times. A super typhoon is heading toward South China. It’s losing strength along the way, but coastal areas are still bracing themselves. Beijing’s World Robot Conference featured a Chinese-speaking Albert Einstein, backflipping dogs, and…
How China Plans to Target America’s Youth
Commentary The Chinese regime is using video games, the virtual equivalent of opium, to spread powerful, carefully crafted propaganda. Beijing just issued a new set of rules for the country’s gamers: From Mondays to Thursdays, children under the age of 18 are forbidden from playing online video games. Instead, they will be allowed one hour…
China State Firms Invest in TikTok Sibling, Weibo Chat App
The Chinese regime has made investments in two of the nation’s most significant technology firms—ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns global video app TikTok, and Weibo, China’s version of Twitter—in a move apparently intended to bolster its sway over the nation’s technology sector. In April, ByteDance sold a 1 percent stake in its Chinese subsidiary,…
Rubio Demands Biden Ban TikTok Over Chinese Communist Party Connection
August 18, 2021
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Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio on Tuesday called for the banning of Chinese video sharing platform TikTok after China acquired a stake and board seat in a subsidiary of the platform’s parent company. Rubio issued a statement demanding President Joe Biden block the app from U.S. mobile devices, citing the Chinese government’s recent acquisition of a 1 percent stake…
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