Category: us treasury

China won’t accept ‘theft’ of TikTok, according to state newspaper

Post author By Randall
Post date August 4, 2020
Categories In China, china daily, gear, Microsoft, News, sale, Tech, Tiktok, us treasury

[ad_1] China will by no means accept the “theft” of a Chinese technology company, and it has plenty of ways to respond if the administration carries out its planned smash and grab. Meanwhile, TikTok parent ByteDance told the BBC it was “committed to being a global company,” and that it has been “evaluating the possibility […]

US sanctions two Russians for meddling in 2018 midterm elections

Post author By Randall
Post date September 30, 2019
Categories In 2020 election, disinformation, elections, internet research agency, ira, meddling, Politics, Russia, russian, sanctions, Security, Tech, tomorrow, treasury department, us treasury

[ad_1] Thanks to the Mueller Report, we know that the IRA exposed 126 million Americans on Facebook to Russian-backed propaganda during the 2016 US presidential election. The group attempted to use disinformation to sway the 2018 midterm elections, too. US Cyber Command took the IRA offline on the day of the elections, and the Department […]