The Shenzhen-based company is a national tech champion in China. Weixin is a daily necessity for hundreds of millions of Chinese, who use the app to message friends, share photos, hail rides, pay for stuff, book restaurants, order food and a host of other services. Tencent reported in March that Weixin and WeChat have nearly 1.2 billion monthly active users. The company does not disclose user numbers by country, but industry analysts say the vast majority of them are in China. … [Read more...] about Tencent just became Trump’s new target in the tech war with China
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Robert Epstein: Google Shifted a ‘Minimum’ of 6 Million Votes in 2020
“The bottom line at the moment is that these manipulations, the ones that we’ve so far quantified, could easily have shifted at least six million votes in just one direction. That’s the bare minimum at this point, that I’m confident. The maximum we haven’t even begun to estimate that yet because we have so much data to look at.” … [Read more...] about Robert Epstein: Google Shifted a ‘Minimum’ of 6 Million Votes in 2020
India bans more Chinese apps as tensions remain high
That incident, which left 20 Indian soldiers dead, was followed by calls for calm and deescalation. But negotiations between Indian and Chinese officials failed to make progress, and the tensions have spilled over into the trading relationship, worth more than $80 billion, between the two largest powers in Asia. … [Read more...] about India bans more Chinese apps as tensions remain high
YouTube Deletes Video About Joe Biden’s Position on Transgender Children as ‘Harassment’
YouTuber Benjamin Boyce recently tweeted that a video he posted in which he discussed Joe Biden’s opinion on transgender children and argued against the medical alteration of children was deleted by YouTube for “harassment and cyberbullying.” … [Read more...] about YouTube Deletes Video About Joe Biden’s Position on Transgender Children as ‘Harassment’
India’s Government Bans 43 More Chinese Smartphone Apps
As part of the boycott, the Indian government banned 59 Chinese-based apps on June 29, including the popular video-sharing app TikTok. On September 2, the government further banned an additional 118 Chinese apps. The previous two bans cited section 69A of India’s Information Technology Act, which the government also referred to on Tuesday to justify its latest blacklist. … [Read more...] about India’s Government Bans 43 More Chinese Smartphone Apps
