Has the left been gulled into believing its small right to speech is already too much?

July 21, 2020 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

My post earlier this month on the so-called “cancel culture” letter proved to be the most polarising I have written – matched only by another recent …
Has the left been gulled into believing its small right to speech is already too much?

Will TikTok Be Banned in U.S.? Trump Needs to Show Evidence

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Meet Donald Trump’s New Political Football: TikTok

The White House needs to show the evidence it has for being concerned about the Chinese-owned short-video app before banning it.

TikTok Enlists Army of Lobbyists as Suspicions Over China Ties Grow

TikTok caught in a U.S.-China vise

July 16, 2020 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Trump’s buddy, Zuckerberg, can’t handle competition!

TikTok caught in a U.S.-China vise

Late last year it surpassed Facebook in popularity among young teenagers and this year it became a serious business challenge to Facebook and Snapchat.

India and the U.S. also topped TikTok’s list for total government requests for information.
The company said it produced data in response to 90% of the 302 requests it received in India and 82% of the 100 requests in the U.S.
TikTok said it also received 45 requests from government agencies in 10 countries to remove or restrict content, with India accounting for 30 of those requests.
Between the lines: China isn’t mentioned in the report. TikTok isn’t available in the country, and the company notes that it didn’t receive any requests from governments other than those identified in the report.
However, a similar, separate app offered by TikTok’s parent company is popular in China and has to abide by the country’s strict censorship rules.

Inside America’s Secretive $2 Billion Research Hub Collecting Fingerprints From Facebook, Hacking Smartwatches And Fighting Covid-19

July 13, 2020 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Inside America’s Secretive $2 Billion Research Hub Collecting Fingerprints From Facebook, Hacking Smartwatches And Fighting Covid-19

Mitre Corp runs some of the U.S. government’s most hush-hush science and tech labs. The cloak-and-dagger R&D shop might just be the most important organization you’ve never heard of.

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