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Opposition wants TikTok split from Chinese parent firm

The shadow home affairs spokesman wants to follow the United States in its TikTok crackdown but defended the Liberal Party's right to have an official account.

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Why has the US passed a bill to ban TikTok, and what’s next?

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that could force TikTok’s Chinese owner to divest from the firm.

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Congressman Lawler Votes To Address National Security Concerns With Tiktok

Congressman Lawler supports legislation requiring ByteDance to sell TikTok to address national security concerns.

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Senator Advocates For National Security By Banning Tiktok On State Devices

Governors Forte and Ricketts lead the ban on TikTok in Montana and Nebraska for national security reasons.

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Congresswoman Sherrill Addresses Concerns Over Tiktok Ban

Congresswoman Mikey Sherrill addresses concerns about TikTok, advocating for divestment from the Chinese Communist Party to protect user data and democrati...

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Tiktok Under Scrutiny For Alleged Spying Activities

Concerns raised about TikTok's ties to Chinese government, spying potential, censorship, and data privacy risks for users.

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House easily overcomes objections to pass TikTok bill - Roll Call

The House voted to pass legislation that would force TikTok's owner to divest the company or lose access to more than 170 million U.S. users.

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TikTok banned? Microsoft might get another opportunity to buy the social media firm, if this new U.S. law passes (Updated)

Remember the big TikTok divestiture drama from a couple of years back? Well, maybe we're in for another round of it.

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Chinese Nationals Entering US Illegally Linked To Human Trafficking

Concerns rise as Chinese nationals illegally enter the US, potentially linked to the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese triad's human trafficking network.

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Mike Pompeo Warns Of Chinese Influence In US Markets

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo highlights concerns about Chinese companies on U.S. exchanges and the risks for American investors. Urges policymaker...

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Man guilty of foreign influence asks to be spared jail

A Victorian jury found Di Sanh Duong guilty of planning to engage in foreign influence by handing a $37,000 cheque over to a minister for a hospital donation.

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Congressman calls for TikTok ban due to national security concerns

In this interview, Florida Republican Congressman Michael Waltz expresses concerns about the security risks and harm to children posed by TikTok, calls for...

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Florida Limits on Ownership of Real Property by Chinese Citizens Are Preempted by Federal Law

So an Eleventh Circuit panel tentatively concludes, preliminarily enjoining the statute; one judge would hold that the limits violate the Equal Protection Clause.

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Singaporeans Unhappy with US Senator's Ignorant Views on TikTok CEO's Nationality

Singaporeans express frustration and criticism towards U.S. senator's questioning of TikTok CEO's nationality and alleged affiliation with the Chinese Comm...

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Tom Cotton grills Singaporean TikTok CEO: Are you a Chinese Communist?

TikTok faced scrutiny Wednesday along with other social media sites over child safety. But its Singaporean CEO was grilled over his nationality when a senator repeatedly asked whether he has CCP ties.

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Senate grills TikTok CEO on China ties, platform's impact on youth

The Senate Judiciary Committee grills the CEO of TikTok, pressing him on China's involvement in the company and the platform's impact on American youth.

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TikTok privacy breach allegations under spotlight

Concerns social media giant TikTok breached Australian privacy laws through its data harvesting practices are being looked at by the information commissioner.

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Shares in Chinese gaming giants tumble as the CCP imposes strict new regulations and spending limits, alongside a ban on login bonuses and 'luck-based draw features' for minors

A report states that "nearly $80 billion in market value" has spilled out of two major companies alone.

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The Independent UK

Jimmy Lai: Son of Briton jailed in China hits out at ‘textbook show trial’

Jimmy Lai, 76, a life-long critic of Beijing, faces a life sentence under charges described as politically motivated

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Jimmy Lai: Lawyer for Briton jailed in China warns show trial is chilling message to silence critics

British citizen Jimmy Lai, 76, faces a life sentence under China’s draconion National Security Law

France 24

Tibet is ‘dying a slow death’, warns head of Tibetan government-in-exile

In an interview with FRANCE 24, the president of the Tibetan government-in-exile warned that Tibet is "dying a slow death". Penpa Tsering said that Chinese government policies are aimed at the "eradication" of Tibetan identity. Among them, Tsering cited the policy of forcible schooling of some 1 million Tibetan children…

France 24

Beijing’s narrative pushes Taiwan to rethink its own history

Beijing considers Taiwan an integral part of China, and even though the Chinese Communist Party has never governed the island, it still refuses to rule out taking it by force. In Taiwan, historical narrative is at the heart of political debates during the current electoral season. For the opposition KMT…

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Montana TikTok Ban Likely Violates First Amendment, Intrudes on Federal Foreign Affairs Power

Judge Donald Molloy's opinion Thursday in Alario v. Knudsen (D. Mont.) preliminarily enjoined Montana's ban on TikTok, which the state had defended largely on the theory that TikTok was owned by a Chinese corporation and "gathers significant information from its users, accessing data against their will to share with the…

Fortune

Jewish tech leaders met with TikTok’s CEO to raise concerns that the platform is biased toward Pro-Palestine content

The group, which includes the founders of Gusto, Bonobos, and Tinder, did not mince words with TikTok boss Shou Zi Chew. “I don’t believe I can trust you," one of them told Chew.

The Independent UK

First person charged under Australia's foreign interference laws denies working for China

Lawyers for the first person to be charged under Australia’s foreign interference laws have told a court that a hospital donation made through a federal government minister was not a covert attempt to curry favor on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party

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