2022-07-11
@btaylor Doesn't seem to understand what happens next. This is @elonmusk 's moment where he has Twitter's board over a barrel. Through discovery, Musk's legal team will now be able to review all internal documents regarding Twitter's bot policy. He will now see exactly how https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Elon Musk's offer to buy Twitter likely was a joke, since he previously pretended he would take Tesla private, but he may not be able to get out of the deal
Good morning! If you're looking to head to Bhutan anytime soon, we've got some news for you. Leigh Mc Gowran / Silicon Republic : What's going on with Elon Musk's Twitter deal? Ar...
@btaylor Doesn't seem to understand what happens next. This is @elonmusk 's moment where he has Twitter's board over a barrel. Through discovery, Musk's legal team will now be able to review all internal documents regarding Twitter's bot policy. He will now see exactly how https://twitter.com/...
CNBC
SEC filing: Elon Musk notified Twitter he wants to terminate the merger agreement, claiming that Twitter didn't provide the relevant business info he requested
2022-05-06
China Orders Government, State Firms to Dump Foreign PCs (1) Thursday, May 5, 2022 10:08 PM By Bloomberg News Beijing aims to drive foreign PCs out of government, SOEs Campaign could kick out at least 50 million foreign-made PCs - A perfect idea 💡 for reciprocity!
Bloomberg
Sources: China has ordered government agencies and state-backed companies to replace foreign PCs with domestic ones running local OSes in two years
China has ordered central government agencies and state-backed corporations to replace foreign-branded personal computers with domestic alternatives within …
2021-12-25
If US foreign policy is left up to the private sector, we will all be speaking Chinese tomorrow. Our country needs leadership on the National Security front...fast. The numerous apologies to China are making me sick. @ABlinken #Yellen #ChinaExposed @nytimes #BoycottIntel https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Intel apologizes, following a backlash in China, for telling Chinese suppliers to avoid Xinjiang labor, saying it only did so to “ensure compliance” with US law
Tech companies withdraw from in-person CES Simon Sharwood / The Register : Intel ‘regrets’ offending China with letter telling suppliers to avoid Xinjiang Liza Lin / Wall Street Jo...
2021-08-18
This could easily become existential to Facebook and WhatsApp. #Afghanistan #Facebook #WhatsApp
Financial Times
WhatsApp shuts down Taliban helpline in Kabul that was allegedly for reporting violence and looting, as Facebook blocks other “official Taliban channels”
Complaints number meant to act as emergency hotline for civilians to report violence and looting
Did Facebook and WhatsApp enable the Taliban to forcibly overtake the government of Afghanistan? My special forces friends tell me that the Taliban's comms network is centered around WhatsApp. They sent nationwide messages to the Afghan Army threatening them and their families.
The Verge
As Facebook bans the Taliban, Twitter says it only takes action against accounts breaking its rules and YouTube says it will terminate Taliban-linked accounts
Who will control Afghanistan's official Facebook page? — Social platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are coming under …
This could easily become existential to Facebook and WhatsApp. #Afghanistan #Facebook #WhatsApp
The Verge
As Facebook bans the Taliban, Twitter says it only takes action against accounts breaking its rules and YouTube says it will terminate Taliban-linked accounts
Who will control Afghanistan's official Facebook page? — Social platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are coming under …
Did Facebook and WhatsApp enable the Taliban to forcibly overtake the government of Afghanistan? My special forces friends tell me that the Taliban's comms network is centered around WhatsApp. They sent nationwide messages to the Afghan Army threatening them and their families.
Financial Times
WhatsApp shuts down Taliban helpline in Kabul that was allegedly for reporting violence and looting, as Facebook blocks other “official Taliban channels”
Complaints number meant to act as emergency hotline for civilians to report violence and looting
2021-07-08
China is at it again...removing what little remained of basic human rights. WeChat terminates LGBT+ accounts in overnight crackdown #Lbgtq #China #CCP #LookOutBelow #Pride @ricky_martin @PerezHilton @stephenfry @ActuallyNPH https://supchina.com/...
Associated Press
WeChat has abruptly deleted dozens of accounts of LGBTQ+ student groups and NGOs across China, citing rules violations without providing further details
Fu Ting / Associated Press :
2021-02-13
How China Hacks Supermicro Servers that supply the majority of the tech titans and the US Defense Department. Robertson and Riley spent 3 years reporting an enormous counterintelligence investigation. MUST READ! @ABlinken @AmbCuiTiankai https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
Sources: US investigators say hardware and firmware of Supermicro servers were tampered with as late as 2018, via chips with backdoors sending data to China
It has been two and a half years since … John Gruber / Daring Fireball : Bloomberg, at Long Last, Follows up on ‘The Big Hack’, and It's Nothing but a Pile of Sophistic Horseshit T...
2020-09-10
You can't break your arm by jumping out of your basement window. @AmbLiuXiaoMing https://twitter.com/...
BBC
Chinese officials ask Twitter to investigate the possible hacking of the account of the Chinese ambassador to the UK, after it liked posts critical of the CCP
2020-07-14
Huawei 5G banned by the UK. The West is wise to the CCP's grand strategy and is properly excising the cancerous tumors from their data networks. Despite heavy coercion, lobbying, and monetary influence, Huawei, ZTE, and all CCP companies will be banned. https://www.bbc.com/...
Wall Street Journal
UK says it will bar telecom companies from purchasing new equipment from Huawei and gives them until 2027 to remove its technology from their 5G networks
British government gives cellular companies until 2027 to remove Chinese firm's technology — LONDON—The British government …
2020-03-14
Uh oh ZTE...looks like you have been busy BRIBING officials ALL OVER THE WORLD. Your days of selling digital cancer in the US are numbered...and Huawei is next. #ZTE #China #liecheatstealBRIBE @gmorgenson @NBCInvestigates @AmbCuiTiankai @AmbLiuXiaoMing https://www.nbcnews.com/...
NBC News
Sources: ZTE is the subject of a new bribery investigation by the DOJ; ZTE pleaded guilty three years ago to violating US sanctions against Iran and North Korea
2020-03-13
Uh oh ZTE...looks like you have been busy BRIBING officials ALL OVER THE WORLD. Your days of selling digital cancer in the US are numbered...and Huawei is next. #ZTE #China #liecheatstealBRIBE @gmorgenson @NBCInvestigates @AmbCuiTiankai @AmbLiuXiaoMing https://www.nbcnews.com/...
NBC News
Sources: ZTE is the subject of a new bribery investigation by the DOJ; ZTE pleaded guilty three years ago to violating US sanctions against Iran and North Korea
ZTE pleaded guilty three years ago to violating U.S. sanctions against Iran and North Korea and just ended its probation period.
2020-03-02
China's Uighur slave labor reported at factories that supply Nike, Apple, and Dell.Tremendous reporting here by @annafifield and the @washingtonpost. Boycott companies that use slave labor to cut costs. #HumanRightsViolations https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
MacRumors
Report: Apple and its suppliers are among the 83 big companies benefitting from China's abusive labor transfer programs for Uyghur Muslims and other minorities
A report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute think-tank has named Apple among 83 other major companies benefiting …
2019-08-21
Twitter and Facebook have determined that chinese state-run operations have been using their services to propagate lies to deliberately influence political discord against HK. Maybe Susan Thornton or Swaine should be hired as their lobbyists to write another pro-ccp letter #china https://twitter.com/...
Twitter
Twitter says it proactively suspended ~200K “spammy” accounts, before they became “substantially active”, alongside its initial ban of 936 China-linked accounts
Instead of a narrative of Hong Kong prospering under Chinese rule, it has just shown itself like a bully https://www.nytimes.com/... Alex Stamos / @alexstamos : Working on somethin...
2019-08-20
Twitter and Facebook have determined that chinese state-run operations have been using their services to propagate lies to deliberately influence political discord against HK. Maybe Susan Thornton or Swaine should be hired as their lobbyists to write another pro-ccp letter #china https://twitter.com/...
Twitter
Twitter says it proactively suspended ~200K “spammy” accounts, before they became “substantially active”, alongside its initial ban of 936 China-linked accounts
We are disclosing a significant state-backed information operation focused on the situation in Hong Kong …
Twitter and Facebook have determined that chinese state-run operations have been using their services to propagate lies to deliberately influence political discord against HK. Maybe Susan Thornton or Swaine should be hired as their lobbyists to write another pro-ccp letter #china https://twitter.com/...
CNBC
Twitter accuses China of running a disinformation campaign against Hong Kong protesters, attempting to “sow political discord”, suspends 936 associated accounts
Annie Palmer / CNBC :