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WSJ Editorial Board: Tackling the TikTok Threat

“Break up with the Chinese Communist Party, or break up with the U.S.”

The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board is out with a new piece on why Congress must pass H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which protects Americans from the national security threats posed by CCP-controlled TikTok. Check out excerpts and highlights below: 

3.12.24 WSJ.pngThe House on Wednesday is expected to vote on a bill that would give popular social-media app TikTok an ultimatum: Break up with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or break up with the U.S. It didn’t need to come to this, but Beijing and TikTok’s Chinese-owner ByteDance left Washington with no choice.

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Donald Trump tried in 2020 to force ByteDance to divest TikTok, but his executive order was…


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Lawrence Community Shelter board hosting first public board meeting since shift to shared-governance model tonight | News, Sports, Jobs


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The Lawrence Community Shelter, 3655 E. 25th St., is pictured Monday, July 24, 2023.

Pakistan’s participation in World Cup in India still uncertain as board awaits busy govt’s nod

Pakistan’s participation in the upcoming 50-over World Cup in India remains uncertain as it is subject to government approval, according to Najam Sethi, Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Sethi stated that the PCB has written to the International Cricket Council (ICC) to clarify that they cannot unilaterally approve the fixture list released last week.

“We have written to the ICC that we can’t give approval or disapproval to this (World Cup schedule),” ESPN cricinfo cited Sethi. “It’s our government who has to decide, just like when it comes to India, it’s their government that decides when they go to play. There is no point asking us if we will play in Ahmedabad. When the time comes, first it will be decided whether we are going or not, then the government decides where we…


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Hate-filled Kiwi Farms message board finds new home with Southwest Washington tech company

A small Vancouver web hosting firm with a history of helping controversial websites has recently struck a deal to help another notorious internet community.

Nick Lim, founder of VanwaTech, confirmed to OPB on Tuesday that his company is providing hosting services to Kiwi Farms, an internet message board under intense scrutiny for hateful content posted by some of its users.

According to NBC News, Kiwi Farms is currently at the “epicenter of vicious, anti-trans harassment campaigns,” with some users doxxing and filing false police reports against people.

The message board had temporarily fallen off the internet over the weekend. Its last web services provider, Cloudflare, blocked Kiwi Farms amid a heightened public pressure campaign. Cloudflare wrote that, in recent weeks, the message…


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