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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 video being shared on social media falsely claims President Putin declared the founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Klaus Schwab, a “legitimate military target”. 

In the video, a man says: “According to Russian President, Vladimir Putin, speaking at the plenary session of the 20th meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi, Putin declared that globalists, including Schwab, and his close advisors are legitimate military targets”. 

Mr Putin supposedly added that this is because they have been “shamelessly attempting to seize power in a globalist coup d’etat”. 

However, English-language transcripts show President Putin did not mention either Mr Schwab or the WEF in his aforementioned speech on 5 October 2023 at the Valdai…

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev shared a
post in his social media accounts on Azerbaijan’s hosting the 29th
session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2024

The post says: “Azerbaijan consistently supports global climate
action and implements various energy efficiency measures. Clean
environment and green growth are among our national priorities.
Renewable energy is gaining momentum in Azerbaijan.

Hosting the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties
(COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2024,
stems from our firm determination to contribute to global efforts
to cope with climate change. I express my sincere gratitude to all
countries for their valuable…