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TikTok Refuses End-to-End Encryption for DMs — Here's What That Really Means

TikTok Says No to End-to-End Encryption: Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal

| | Authorized Access, china, Content Moderation, Cybersecurity, Data breaches, data protection, Digital Rights, Direct Messages, end-to-end encryption, Episodes, government surveillance, Instagram, Messaging Apps, Meta, Privacy, security, social media, TikTok, UK Regulations, User Safety, Weekly Edition, WhatsApp
In a move that bucks the entire industry trend, TikTok has confirmed it will not implement end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for direct messages on its platform — arguing that E2EE would make users ...
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TikTok’s New U.S. Deal and Privacy Policy: What Users Don’t Understand

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TikTok has shifted to a majority-American entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture, LLC, to comply with U.S. national security requirements and avoid a ban. This week we discuss why a recent privacy policy ...
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What can’t you say on TikTok?

| | china, lock and code, Oracle, Podcast, TikTok, Twitter
This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Zach Hinkle and MinJi Pae about TikTok's new American ownership—and it's new rules ...
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Exploring Sora 2: AI Video Generation & Copyright Controversies #podcast

Is Sora 2 the Future of Video? AI, Copyright, and Privacy Issues

| | AI, copyright, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, deepfakes, Digital Privacy, disinformation, Entertainment, Episodes, Ethics, future, Government Regulation, Information Security, Infosec, Intellectual Property, legal issues, Likeness, Media, OpenAI, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, SAG-AFTRA, security, Sora 2, technology, TikTok, Tilly Norwood, Video Generation, Weekly Edition
OpenAI’s Sora 2 is here — and it’s not just another AI toy. This episode explores how Sora 2 works, how users can insert almost anything into generated content, and why that’s ...
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Trump’s TikTok Tarry — Yet Again, Ban-Can Kicked Down the Road

| | Bytedance, children, Children and smartphones, china, chinese government, disinformation, Donald Trump, Misinformation, online disinformation, President Donald Trump, president trump, Privacy, Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, SB Blogwatch, Social disinformation, social media, socialmedia, spyware, TACO, TikTok, TikTok Ban, Trump, Won’t somebody think of the children?
PAFACA Pause Persists: Won’t somebody PLEASE think of the children? ...
Security Boulevard
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App Stores OK’ed VPNs Run by China PLA

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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 ...
Security Boulevard
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Chinese DeepSeek AI App: FULL of Security Holes Say Researchers

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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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TikTok’s Project Clover Evolves With PETs, Data Access Controls

| | data, eu, GDPR, NCC, Privacy, social media, TikTok
The popular and controversial Chinese social media app TikTok is pushing forward with Project Clover, a €12 billion, 10-year initiative aimed at bolstering the protection of European user data ...
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Trump U-Turn: TikTok’s On-Again/Off-Again U.S. Ban

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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: Is This the Right Move?

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

| | AI, AI News, AI privacy, Community Notes, Cyber Security, cyber threat, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, ed tech, Episodes, Fact Checking, facts, Freedom of speech, Gen Z, Government Policy, Information Security, Infosec, journalism, Media Manipulation, Meta, Misinformation, Ottawa, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, RedNote, security, social media, social networking, technology, TikTok, TikTok Ban, Weekly Edition, Youth Trends
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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