(Natural News) The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) has banned the use of Chinese video app TikTok on campus networks, following security concerns brought up by state and federal officials. UT Austin announced in Jan. 17 that it is permanently blocking TikTok’s access on its systems. Devices connected to the campus network via […]

(Natural News) The administrators at the U.S. House of Representatives instructed all lawmakers and staff to uninstall TikTok from official devices, calling the app a security risk to the people of the United States. According to official electronic correspondence, staff must remove and never reinstall the application from any device issued by Congress. “The Office […]

(Natural News) Social psychologist and Harvard University professor Shoshana Zuboff wrote in her book titled “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism” that Big Tech companies Google and Facebook take control of their users’ lives by hijacking personal data. In a review of the book, renowned alternative medicine proponent Dr. Joseph Mercola said the information – also called […]

(Natural News) The parent company of Chinese video app TikTok admitted to spying on journalists as part of a “covert surveillance campaign.” Beijing-based ByteDance admitted to spying on Forbes journalists to determine the source of leaks inside the company. The “covert surveillance campaign” was launched by the company after multiple stories emerged exposing its deep […]

(Natural News) Attorneys general (AGs) from 15 states have demanded Apple and Google increase the age-appropriate rating for Chinese video app TikTok on their respective online stores. They called on the two tech giants to readjust the app’s rating from “teen” to “mature” or face potential legal action. The almost-identical letters, sent Dec. 13 to […]

(Natural News) The Washington Post’s technology culture writer Taylor Lorenz has been permanently suspended from Twitter amid the company’s owner Elon Musk‘s ongoing purge of journalists from the platform. (Article by Paul Farrell republished from DailyMail.co.uk) Her removal from Twitter comes just after the tech giant announced new policies on doxing, something that Lorenz has been accused of in the […]

(Natural News) A study has revealed that Chinese video app TikTok is pushing content featuring self-harm to children as soon as they log in to the platform. According to the study commissioned by the London-based Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) and the anti-self-harm advocacy group Molly Rose Foundation (MRF), researchers using sample TikTok accounts […]

(Natural News) A group of U.S. lawmakers recently announced bipartisan legislation to ban the Chinese video app TikTok. The bill’s announcement came amid fears of the app collecting American users’ data and sending them to the Chinese government in Beijing. If it passes, the bill would block all transactions from any social media company based in […]

(Natural News) In 2016, Haier, a Chinese multinational home appliances and consumer electronics company, purchased GE Appliances for $5.4 billion, creating a consumer products mega-conglomerate that actively spies on customers via their “smart” appliances and relays all that data back to communist China. United States Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo warned recently that the Haier-GE consumer […]

(Natural News) The states of Alabama and Utah banned Chinese video app TikTok on devices owned by their respective state governments, citing concerns over security and data harvesting. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced her state’s prohibition of TikTok in a statement. Her directive also ordered agencies under the executive branch to take all necessary steps […]