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Marco Rubio calls for TikTok review over censorship claims

Post author By Randall
Post date October 9, 2019
Categories In bytedance, censorship, cfius, China, gear, government, Internet, marco rubio, musical.ly, Politics, senate, services, social network, social networking, steven mnuchin, Tech, Tiktok, treasury department

[ad_1] TikTok allegedly asked its moderators to pull mentions of topics like the Tiananmen Square massacre, Tibet’s calls for independence and other content that challenges the Chinese government’s version of events. The service said it had retired the guidelines in May and that it had been using a “blunt approach” to minimizing drama on TikTok […]

US Treasury has ‘serious concerns’ Libra could be used for terrorism

Post author By Randall
Post date July 15, 2019
Categories In anti-money laundering council, bank secrecy act, business, Cryptocurrency, cyber crime, Facebook, financial crimes enforcement network, Internet, libra, money laundering, national security, Politics, ransomware, regulation, safeguards, steven mnuchin, Tech, terrorism, tomorrow, treasury department, trump administration, us

[ad_1] According to Mnuchin, the US has been at the forefront of regulating entities that provide cryptocurrencies. It has also seen cryptocurrencies exploited to support illicit activities including cyber crime, tax evasion, extortion, ransomware, human trafficking and more. Still, Mnuchin said the US “welcomes responsible innovation, including new technologies that may improve the efficiency of […]