Russia spreading lies about Covid vaccines, says UK military chief

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Admin

Head of armed forces says both China and Russia trying to undermine cohesion in west

Russia is seeking to destabilise countries around the world by sowing disinformation about coronavirus vaccines that is shared rapidly across social media, the head of the armed forces has warned.

Gen Sir Nick Carter, the chief of defence staff, said the propaganda tactic reflected a strategy of “political warfare” aggressively undertaken by Beijing as well as Moscow “designed to undermine cohesion” across the west.

Trump says he approves TikTok Oracle deal which may include Walmart

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Admin

President says he will allow Chinese-owned app in US
Walmart could acquire stake and seat on global board

Donald Trump has said he “approves a deal in concept” that will allow TikTok to continue to operate in the US, after threatening to ban the Chinese-owned app.

BBC boss Tim Davie to crack down on staff airing views on social media

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Admin

New director general says he wants to focus on impartiality after accusations of bias

Tim Davie is to crack down on staff posting their views on social media in a move to restore the view of the BBC as impartial, and raised the question of slashing the corporation’s output by a fifth, cutting more jobs and potentially shutting TV channels.

The new director general said the BBC had to focus on impartiality to address accusations of bias from politicians on both sides of the political divide.

Your data is not destined for China, assures TikTok’s UK boss

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Admin

The controversial app’s users are ignoring geopolitical battle over its digital security, says Richard Waterworth

TikTok’s UK chief has strenuously denied the video-sharing app, which Donald Trump has threatened to ban, shares data with China.

Richard Waterworth told the Observer that the UK and European arm of TikTok was growing quickly, despite the “turbulent” geopolitical battle in which the Chinese-born app has found itself.

Microsoft’s TikTok deal: bargain of the decade or a $50bn blunder?

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Admin

Jury is out on whether video-sharing site could make Microsoft a social media giant

As the clock ticks on Microsoft’s fast-track talks to buy TikTok the jury is out on whether it marks a unique opportunity to become a global social media giant overnight, or a $50bn (£38bn) geopolitically fuelled business blunder.

Donald Trump’s trade war with China has forced ByteDance, the privately owned Beijing-based parent of the video-sharing site TikTok, to pursue a sale of its US business after the president signed an executive order last week that could shut it down on 15 September.

TikTok row: Microsoft pursues deal as Pompeo says Trump will take action soon

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Admin

Microsoft confirms acquisition plans, hours after US secretary of state says Chinese software companies are feeding data directly to Communist party

Donald Trump will take action in coming days to tackle an array of national security risks presented by TikTok and other Chinese software companies, Mike Pompeo has said, as Microsoft revealed it was pursuing a deal after speaking to the US president.

Microsoft said late on Sunday that - after a conversation between Trump and its CEO, Satya Nadella – it would move quickly on acquisition talks with TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, completing talks no later than 15 September. It pledged to ensure that all private data of American users was transferred to, and remained in, the US.

TikTok: Trump suggests US may ban Chinese-owned app

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Admin

The US is reportedly preparing to take action against the popular short video app over concerns for the security of personal data

Donald Trump on Friday again suggested the US may take action against the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok, floating a potential ban.

“We’re looking at TikTok. We may be banning TikTok. We may be doing some other things,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House on a trip to Florida.