‘The American population was bombarded the way the Iraqi population was bombarded. It was a war against us, a war of lies and disinformation and omission of history. That kind of war, overwhelming and devastating, waged here in the US while the Gulf War was waged over there.’ (Howard Zinn, ‘Power, History and Warfare’, Open Magazine Pamphlet Series, No. 8, 1991, p.12)
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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.
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TikTok reveals content moderation stats amid growing global pressure
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.
Earlier this week the United States Navy banned the social media app TikTok from government-issued mobile devices, saying the popular short video app represented a “cybersecurity threat.”
— Read on www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-navy-idUSKBN1YO2HU
This was December 20th.
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