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JULY 9, 2020

Because it was required to by the authoritarian Chinese government, TikTok took content moderation deadly seriously. The trade war with China is very much real, though, and has already led to the Trump administration banning government use of Huawei and ZTE telecommunications equipment , for fear of espionage. Governing. ?

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JUNE 25, 2020

And in Las Vegas, three men were indicted “for allegedly conspiring to destroy government and private property during protests in that city on May 30, and for allegedly possessing Molotov cocktails,” the Wall Street Journal reported. Also of note is where Boogaloo adherents are organizing themselves: social networks, most notably Facebook.

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JULY 28, 2020

companies will cede territory to Chinese companies abroad, particularly in high-growth markets like India. Governing. ? The data was used to help YouTube launch its TikTok competitor called Shorts in India. The broader argument the CEO plans to make is that any weakening of U.S. But they may be a start. Mark Gurman / Bloomberg).

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JUNE 10, 2020

In November I wrote about how Congress and the Council for Foreign Investment in the United States were putting the squeeze on ByteDance — and about how the company’s past run-ins with the Chinese government had created a credibility gap with US regulators. Governing. ? Twitter is bringing Fleets, its version of Stories, to India.

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AUGUST 20, 2020

The group has been linked to more than a dozen violent incidents over the last year, including a train hijacking ; last month, a QAnon supporter rammed a car into a government residence in Canada. Governing. ? was arrested on May 1 with dozens of knives in her car. So this feels like useful context to share.

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JULY 31, 2020

In his blog post, he came bearing economic gifts for the country that is currently blocking his app from federal and military devices, and threatening to ban it completely — as India recently did. Governing. ? Mayer promised to expand a fund for creators from $200 million to $1 billion. Institute for Local Self-Reliance).

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JUNE 5, 2020

Governing. ? This group has been linked by security firms to the Chinese government. Facebook started labeling media outlets that are “wholly or partially under the editorial control of their government,” following an announcement of the policy in 2019. Reported cases in Illinois: 124,279. Data from The New York Times.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Governing. ? Alexandra Alper at Reuters has more: “We are heartened that this deal still requires government approval, and if reports indicating this proposed deal will retain links to ByteDance or other Chinese-controlled entities, we strongly urge the administration to reject such a proposal on national security grounds,” he added. [.].

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JUNE 9, 2020

The Ratio. ?? Governing. ? Non-governmental organizations say American companies pay as much attention to similar situations unfolding in India, Brazil, and Myanmar, among other places. On the other hand: will government requests for Google Docs data put protesters at risk ? Caroline O’Donovan / BuzzFeed ).

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The film briefly mentions, for instance, that Facebook-owned WhatsApp has spread misinformation that inspired grotesque lynchings in India. She describes governments in Azerbaijan and Honduras using Facebook against their own citizens, employing large numbers of fake accounts to promote their own interests and attack critics.

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JULY 1, 2020

It was just a few days ago that I wrote this column about how the Boogaloo movement — a loose-knit collection of anti-government types, some of whom are agitating for a second civil war — had hijacked social networks to spread. India bans TikTok. prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India.”.

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JULY 10, 2020

It’s worth pointing out that many of these initiatives could have — and should have — been aided by the federal government. “If Governing. ? The tech giants already suspended requests for data from the Hong Kong government after the law was announced Monday night. It will be in Congress. Zoe Schiffer. Sa m Shead / CNBC).

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JUNE 30, 2020

It was a big news day for bans: Twitch temporarily banned Donald Trump , Reddit banned The_Donald , YouTube banned a group of far-right creators , and India banned TikTok. Governing. ? The Indian government banned TikTok , along with 58 other apps developed by Chinese companies. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales.

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

In a world with less going on, we might be having a conversation about why the same government considering a breakup of a tech giant was relying on that same tech giant’s size and power to provide critical aid during a pandemic. Or why the government was relying on tech giants for so much of its pandemic response at all. Governing. ?

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JULY 17, 2020

Governing. ? Here’s Sara Fischer at Axios: The labels, rolling out today, aren’t a judgment of whether the posts themselves are accurate, but are instead meant to signal to Facebook users that they can get the most accurate information about voting by leading them to an official government website. Marshall Cohen / CNN).

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MAY 14, 2020

And local governments are planning for much longer periods of lockdown. Governing. ? The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are blaming hackers linked with the Chinese government for attempting to steal US research into a coronavirus vaccine. And if it succeeds, the new normal will look a lot like the old one.

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JULY 22, 2020

Governing. ? The House voted to ban federal employees from downloading TikTok on government-issued devices. users’ personal information could fall into the hands of government officials in Beijing. TikTok has said it has never handed over user data to the Chinese government , and that it would not do so if asked.

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JULY 29, 2020

to lobby Congress on Monday, she has said that the government is run in part not by humans but by “reptilians” and other aliens. Governing. ? The two-page filing doesn’t offer a reason but specifies that the dismissal would be “without prejudice,” meaning the government could file new charges. Sarah Emerson / OneZero ).

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AUGUST 18, 2020

Despite a recent and noble offer to open up its algorithms for inspection , ByteDance suffers from the strong (and, I believe, justified) belief that the company could not withstand any serious effort from the Chinese government to obtain and misuse American user data — or use it as a channel to manipulate our public discourse. Governing. ?

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JULY 21, 2020

One explanation is that the federal government has chosen to focus instead on Google for the moment. The US government sued Microsoft for bundling its Internet Explorer browser with Windows out of fears that doing so would permanently entrench its monopoly in personal computers. What’s behind the delay?

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MAY 28, 2020

Governing. ? The complaint alleges Google hurt competition by prominently displaying Google Pay inside the Android app store in India. Google sent 1,755 warnings to users whose accounts were targets of government-backed attackers last month. And it will be all over Twitter. Reported cases in Illinois: 114,448.

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