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19 Jan

TikTok Is Already Back Online

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Less than 24 hours after going dark, TikTok says it has come back online after President-elect Donald Trump gave the company's service providers—presumably Apple, Google, and Oracle—reassurance that his administration wouldn’t enforce a law banning the app in the first place."In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service,” the company wrote in a statement. “We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170 million Americans and allowing over 7 million small businesses to thrive. It’s a strong…

19 Jan

It’s Not Just TikTok: These Other ByteDance Apps Are Gone Too

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TikTok is no longer available in the United States—at least for now. But it’s not the only ByteDance-owned app that’s currently blocked for US-based users.Shortly before the federally mandated January 19 deadline, TikTok cut off access to anyone attempting to access the app from the US. "A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the US. Unfortunately, that means you can't use the TikTok app for now,” reads a block-screen confronting US users when they attempt to load the app. “We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok…

19 Jan

TikTok Is Unavailable in the US—and Gone From the App Stores

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For the first time in internet history, the United States government has officially banned a major global social media platform, joining the ranks of authoritarian regimes like Russia and China. On Saturday, TikTok officially went dark. Users who attempt to access the app are now greeted with a message that says “TikTok isn’t available right now.”“We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office,” the message adds. “Please stay tuned!”It’s the final outcome of legislation Congress passed last year that requires TikTok’s Chinese parent company,…

17 Jan

Xiaohongshu Scrambles to Hire Content Moderators Who Can Speak English

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The Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu—better known internationally as RedNote—is scrambling to boost its ability to moderate English-language content after hundreds of thousands of American users suddenly joined the platform in anticipation of TikTok potentially being banned in the United States on Sunday.WIRED identified a handful of job listings posted to recruitment platforms by tech outsourcing companies in China this week looking for content moderators who can help manage the unexpected influx of English videos and posts being uploaded to Xiaohongshu. There were also several new recruitment notices posted urgently looking for content moderators who can work in Chinese, the…

16 Jan

TikTok, Temu and more face complaints alleging GDPR violations in EU

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Austrian privacy advocate NOYB has launched its first GDPR complaints against Chinese businesses. The organization has filed complaints against TikTok, Xiaomi, Shein, AliExpress, Temu and WeChat, alleging that these companies unlawfully shared information about European users with parties in China. The group is seeking suspension of data transfers to China as well as fines of up to four percent of a firm's global revenue. NOYB is an acronym for "none of your business" and is led by activist Max Schrems, known for his campaigns against Facebook.The General Data Protection Regulation is a rule covering information privacy in the EU. Under…

16 Jan

China-linked hackers accessed over 400 US Treasury computers

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The US Treasury Department announced in a letter back in December that it had been the , attributing it to a “China state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat actor.” Now we know more about the extent of the hack, .The hacking group got into more than 400 laptop and desktop computers, many of which focused on “sanctions, international affairs and intelligence.” They also accessed employee usernames and passwords, in addition to more than 3,000 files on unclassified personal computers. These documents included travel data, organizational charts, sanction materials and foreign investment metrics.An agency report indicates that the perpetrators likely stole a whole…

16 Jan

A New Jam-Packed Biden Executive Order Tackles Cybersecurity, AI, and More

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Four days before he leaves office, US president Joe Biden has issued a sweeping cybersecurity directive ordering improvements to the way the government monitors its networks, buys software, uses artificial intelligence, and punishes foreign hackers.The 40-page executive order unveiled on Thursday is the Biden White House’s final attempt to kickstart efforts to harness the security benefits of AI, roll out digital identities for US citizens, and close gaps that have helped China, Russia, and other adversaries repeatedly penetrate US government systems.The order “is designed to strengthen America’s digital foundations and also put the new administration and the country on a…

15 Jan

Why ‘Beating China’ In AI Brings Its Own Risks

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The Biden administration this week introduced new export restrictions designed to control AI’s progress globally and ultimately prevent the most advanced AI from falling into China’s hands. The rule is just the latest in a string of measures put in place by Donald Trump and Joe Biden to keep Chinese AI in check.With prominent AI figures including OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei warning of the need to “beat China” in AI, the Trump administration may well escalate things further.Paul Triolo is a partner at DGA Group, a global consulting firm, a member of the council of foreign relations,…

13 Jan

With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘Red Note’

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"Hello everyone, my name is Ryan. I'm a TikTok refugee. The American government is banning TikTok so we are looking for an alternative…We are very sorry to interrupt you here. Hope we don't have to stay here for too long," a Xiaohongshu user using the name Ryan Martin said in a video posted yesterday seemingly addressing the app’s Chinese user base. He translated the statement into Chinese and used a robot voice generator to read it in the video, which has since been liked over 24,000 times. “It’s fine, you are not interrupting. When you guys are active, we are…

13 Jan

New US Rule Aims to Block China’s Access to AI Chips and Models by Restricting the World

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The Biden administration announced a bold and controversial new export control scheme today, designed to prevent the advanced chips and artificial intelligence models themselves from ending up in the hands of adversaries such as China.The administration’s new “AI Diffusion rule” divides the world into nations that are allowed relatively unfettered access to America’s most advanced AI silicon and algorithms, and those that will require special licenses to access the technology. The rule, which will be enforced by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, also seeks to restrict the movement of the most powerful AI models for the first…