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South Dakota Bans TikTok on Government Devices

November 30, 2022
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed on Nov. 29 an executive order banning access to the video platform TikTok on state employee devices, citing its ties to Beijing. The governor’s office said the China-owned social media giant, which harvested private data “on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party [CCP],” posed a growing national security threat…

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Georgia Tech’s Lunar Flashlight Heads to the Moon

November 30, 2022
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After years of preparation, a team of Georgia Tech researchers and students will watch their small satellite leave Earth and begin its mission to the moon. SpaceX will launch Lunar Flashlight on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Georgia Tech team will then pivot to its role as mission control. Fourteen operators, including six undergraduate…

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Apple Restricted AirDrop Access Ahead of Chinese Protests

November 29, 2022
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In the weeks leading up to the anti-government protests in China, Apple had restricted access to the popular file-sharing tool AirDrop. On Nov. 9, Apple published a new version of its mobile operating system to users everywhere: iOS 16.1.1. The tech firm noted that the “update includes bug fixes and security updates and is recommended…

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DeSantis: Congress Should Target Apple Over Alleged Threats to Block Twitter

November 29, 2022
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Republicans this week said that Apple’s alleged threat to remove Twitter from its App Store warrants congressional investigation. “That would be a huge, huge mistake, and it would be a really raw exercise of monopolistic power that I think would merit a response from the United States Congress,” DeSantis…

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Twitter Stops Enforcing COVID-19 ‘Misleading Information’ Policy

November 29, 2022
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Twitter has stopped enforcing its COVID-19 “misleading information” policy that had resulted in nearly 100,000 pieces of content being cut from the platform and led to more than 11,000 account suspensions. The social media giant, which was taken over by industrialist Elon Musk at the end of October, said in a report that, effective Nov. 23,…

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Elon Musk Says Exposé of Twitter’s ‘Free Speech Suppression’ Coming ‘Soon,’ Could Include Hunter Biden Laptop Censorship Revelations

November 29, 2022
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Elon Musk said Monday that Twitter’s internal files on the company’s “free speech suppression” will be revealed “soon,” raising expectations that light will be shed on the circumstances around Twitter’s censorship of the New York Post’s explosive story that exposed information on a laptop allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden. “The Twitter Files on free speech suppression soon…

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Elon Musk Says Exposé of Twitter’s ‘Free Speech Suppression’ Coming ‘Soon’

November 29, 2022
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Elon Musk said Monday that Twitter’s internal files on the company’s “free speech suppression” will be revealed “soon,” raising expectations that light will be shed on the circumstances around Twitter’s censorship of the New York Post’s explosive story that exposed information on a laptop allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden. “The Twitter Files on free speech suppression soon…

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Hackers Exploit TikTok ‘Invisible Body’ Challenge to Steal User Passwords, Credit Cards: Report

November 29, 2022
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A trending “invisible challenge” on TikTok is being used by hackers to steal users’ passwords, credit card data, and Discord accounts, according to a report. The TikTok challenge sees users film themselves naked while using the video-sharing site’s “Invisible Body” filter to blur out the body, making it appear invisible. The latest trend on TikTok, which is…

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Facebook Fined $277 Million for Privacy Violations

November 28, 2022
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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has slapped Facebook owner Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL) with a fine of €265 million ($277 million) for violating user privacy. The penalty is related to an investigation that began in April last year after it came to light that a collated dataset of Facebook personal data was available online,…

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Bahamas AG Says FTX ‘Debacle’ Not Their Fault

November 28, 2022
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Bahamas Attorney General Ryan Pinder took to the podium Sunday night to defend his country’s securities regulators against “inaccurate allegations” by the U.S.-based legal team, led by veteran work-out attorney John Ray III, that has taken over management of FTX in bankruptcy, following the cryptocurrency exchange’s abrupt collapse in early November. “It is possible that…

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