TikTok Ban Archives

App Stores OK’ed VPNs Run by China PLA

Bad Apple: Chinese firm banned by the U.S. is the shady entity behind a clutch of free VPN apps—with over a million downloads ...

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Chinese DeepSeek AI App: FULL of Security Holes Say Researchers

Richi Jennings | February 10, 2025 | AI, AI (Artificial Intelligence), AI privacy, application-level encryption, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence News, artificial intellignece, Artificial Stupidity, artificialintelligence, breach of privacy, Bytedance, California Consumer Privacy Act, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), china, china espionage, China Mobile, China-nexus cyber espionage, Chinese, Chinese Communists, chinese government, Chinese Internet Security, Chinese keyboard app security, Congress, congressional legislation, cybersecurity artificial intelligence, Darin LaHood, Data encryption, Data encryption standards, Data Stolen By China, DeepSeek, DeepSeek AI, encryption, Josh Gottheimer, Large Language Models (LLM), Large language models (LLMs), LLM, llm security, No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act, Peoples Republic of China, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, TikTok, TikTok Ban, Unencrypted Data, US Congress

Xi knows if you’ve been bad or good: iPhone app sends unencrypted data to China—and Android app appears even worse ...

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Trump U-Turn: TikTok’s On-Again/Off-Again U.S. Ban

Not For You: “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” shouldn’t be enforced, orders President Trump ...

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Meta Ditches Fact-Checking for Community Notes, RedNote and the TikTok Ban

In this episode, we explore Meta’s recent decision to replace traditional fact-checking with community notes and its potential impact on misinformation. We also discuss the implications of a TikTok ban in the ...

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“Oh, won’t somebody please think of the children?”

Digital Crack for Kids: TikTok Sued Again by 14 AGs

Richi Jennings | October 9, 2024 | Bytedance, children, Children and smartphones, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), china, chinese government, Coppa, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, , spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban, Won’t somebody think of the children?

For You Plague: TikTok’s in trouble once more—this time, some states complain it’s breaking laws by harvesting children’s data and keeping them addicted ...

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TikTok Abuses Kids, say DoJ and FTC

Richi Jennings | August 5, 2024 | Bytedance, children, Children and smartphones, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), china, chinese government, Coppa, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, , spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban, Won’t somebody think of the children?

For You Plague: U.S. Justice Dept. and Federal Trade Commission file lawsuit, alleging TikTok broke the COPPA law, plus a previous injunction ...

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TikTok Ban — ByteDance Sues US to Kill Bill

Richi Jennings | May 8, 2024 | Bytedance, china, chinese government, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, , spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban

PAFACA SueTok: U.S. Courts “likely” to rule whether new law is constitutional—or even practical ...

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TikTok ‘Ban’ — ByteDance CEO and EFF are BFFs

Richi Jennings | March 18, 2024 | Bytedance, china, chinese government, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, Shou Zi Chew, , spyware, TikTok, TikTok Ban

7521 momentum builds: Shou Zi Chew plays for time, while Electronic Frontier Foundation says TikTok-kill bill is DOA ...

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The TikTok Ban Bill, Your Car is Spying on You, Signal’s Username Update

In episode 321, the hosts discuss how connected cars are sharing driving data with insurance companies, potentially leading to increased rates for drivers. They also talk about the anti-TikTok bill passed by ...

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