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The Biden administration has taken action against TikTok.

On April 24, 2024, President Joe Biden signed a law to ban the China-based social media app under parent company ByteDance in the U.S. if it’s not sold within a year, NPR reports. The move comes after the House of Representatives introduced in March the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which aims to “protect the national security of the United States from the threat posed by foreign adversary controlled applications,” as previously shared by AFROTECH™.

Under President Biden’s new law, if TikTok fails to be sold in 12 months, it would become illegal for web-hosting providers to host the platform. What’s more, Google and Apple would have to pull the popular app from its app…

A so-called “whistleblower” website that allows users to report suspected abortions in Texas has gone offline after web hosting company GoDaddy said it had violated its terms.

“Last night, we informed prolifewhistleblower.com they have violated GoDaddy’s terms of service and have 24 hours to move to a different provider,” the company said in a statement on Friday.

The site, run by anti-abortion campaigners Texas Right to Life, was set up in the wake of a new Texas law that effectively outlaws abortions in the US state, making them illegal in all circumstances once a medical professional is able to detect a fetal heartbeat.

The site’s owners said on Friday that it would be up and running again with a new provider “within 24 to 48 hours”.

However at the time of writing, the whistleblower tip…

By Matt McFarland, CNN Business

GoDaddy took down a website that allowed people to post tips about possible Texas abortions, in the latest example of businesses pushing back against the state’s new law.

A Texas law that bans abortion providers from carrying out terminations after fetal cardiac activity is detected, which is typically about six weeks into a pregnancy, went into effect this week after the Supreme Court opted not to intervene.

The web hosting service took down the site at about 8 pm Friday, according to Texas Right to Life, the organization that launched the website. GoDaddy did not respond to requests for comment, but said in a tweet Friday that it “informed the website owner yesterday that they have violated GoDaddy’s terms of service and have 24…

A joint law enforcement operation involving both the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation and various national police forces have taken down three virtual private network services and associated web hosting operations used by cybercriminals.

The takedown, dubbed “Operation Nova” saw the seizure of domain names and server infrastructure used by insorg.org, inet.com and safe-inet.net. All three offered VPN and proxy services along with “bulletproof hosting.” Bulletproof hosting is a form of web hosting that offers leniency in terms of the material hosted and is regularly used for illegal activity such as online gambling and illegal pornography sites. The services are designed to allow customers to operate while…