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TikTok and WeChat Won’t Face Australian Senate Until September Now
A Senate committee hearing tasked with assessing TikTok, WeChat and other social media platforms’ risk to Australian democracy has been pushed back for reasons unknown. The committee’s hearing was originally scheduled for Friday, August 21 but an amendment made to a media release three days prior changed the date to September 25. [related_content first=”1238164″] The…
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Trump’s Orders to Ban WeChat and TikTok About as Coherent as His Other Policies
The Trump administration’s battle against the imminent threat of Chinese apps finally reached a head late Thursday night when President Trump issued two executive orders ” one against TikTok and the other against the popular social messaging app Wechat ” essentially issuing a blanket ban on both of these companies’ US-based operations within the next…
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New Terms Censored On Chinese Social Media Include ‘Disney’, ‘Wheel Of History’, And ‘Personality Cult’
Next month, China will amend its constitution to scrap the 5-year term limit for the presidency. The move paves the way for the current president, Xi Jinping, to be leader for life and China’s internet censors are working overtime to erase disparaging remarks about the decision. Censors are erasing any mention of new banned words,…
