TikTok Updates Disclosures Around State-Based Influence Efforts
TikTok's updated transparency report provides detailed insights into detected influence operations and restrictions on state-affiliated media accounts. [ more ]
TikTok Updates Disclosures Around State-Based Influence Efforts
TikTok's updated transparency report provides detailed insights into detected influence operations and restrictions on state-affiliated media accounts. [ more ]
Some Badly Needed Clarifications About That "TikTok Ban" Biden Signed
The $95 billion aid package includes the important Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, often referred to as the 'TikTok ban.' [ more ]
Some Badly Needed Clarifications About That "TikTok Ban" Biden Signed
The $95 billion aid package includes the important Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, often referred to as the 'TikTok ban.' [ more ]
Chinese government website security has big problems
Chinese researchers found vulnerabilities in Chinese government websites, including DNS configuration lapses and a notable dependence on a few DNS service providers. [ more ]
TikTok pledges 12B European investment as Norway data centre nears completion
TikTok plans to invest â¬12bn in building three massive data centers in Europe to address concerns about Chinese government access to user data.
The data centers will keep European user data in Europe and within reach of local authorities, and TikTok aims to complete the project in the next 10 years. [ more ]
Former White House official says it's 'certainly possible' China killed researcher who started COVID pandemic
A former Trump administration official suggests that the Chinese government may have killed a Wuhan scientist who was working on a COVID vaccine before the pandemic.
The scientist, Zhou Yusen, filed a patent for a COVID vaccine just one month after Wuhan went into lockdown due to the outbreak.
US vaccine developers have raised concerns about the quick turnaround time for Yusen's patent, suggesting he may have been working on the vaccine prior to official acknowledgement of the virus. [ more ]
TikTok was slammed for its pro-Palestine hashtags. But it's not alone.
The number of TikTok videos with the #freepalestine hashtag is higher than those with #standwithisrael.
Facebook and Instagram also show a similar gap in favor of pro-Palestinian content.
The consistency of pro-Palestinian content across social networks undermines claims that TikTok is being manipulated by the Chinese government. [ more ]
TikTok pledges 12B European investment as Norway data centre nears completion
TikTok plans to invest â¬12bn in building three massive data centers in Europe to address concerns about Chinese government access to user data.
The data centers will keep European user data in Europe and within reach of local authorities, and TikTok aims to complete the project in the next 10 years. [ more ]
Former White House official says it's 'certainly possible' China killed researcher who started COVID pandemic
A former Trump administration official suggests that the Chinese government may have killed a Wuhan scientist who was working on a COVID vaccine before the pandemic.
The scientist, Zhou Yusen, filed a patent for a COVID vaccine just one month after Wuhan went into lockdown due to the outbreak.
US vaccine developers have raised concerns about the quick turnaround time for Yusen's patent, suggesting he may have been working on the vaccine prior to official acknowledgement of the virus. [ more ]
TikTok was slammed for its pro-Palestine hashtags. But it's not alone.
The number of TikTok videos with the #freepalestine hashtag is higher than those with #standwithisrael.
Facebook and Instagram also show a similar gap in favor of pro-Palestinian content.
The consistency of pro-Palestinian content across social networks undermines claims that TikTok is being manipulated by the Chinese government. [ more ]
Chinese cyber espionage campaign targets 'dozens' of Western governments, Dutch officials say
Chinese-linked cyber espionage operation infiltrated Western governments, international organizations, and defense industry using a new remote access trojan named 'Coathanger.' [ more ]