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"The U.S. government also funds a network of think-tanks that advise big media companies like #Facebook and #Twitter on how to spot and control the tide of #fakenews from fake accounts."
by @AlanRMacLeod
mintpressnews.com/niall-ferguson… #TikTok #news #WednesdayThoughts #China #censorship
"...it is possible that the forced transfer of #TikTok to #Microsoft may have far more to do with control over the means of world #communication than genuine worries about our own civil liberties."
by @AlanRMacLeod
mintpressnews.com/microsoft-purc… #surveillance #WednesdayThoughts
"Trump’s new law, the #HongKongAutonomyAct, unanimously passed #Congress, & places mandatory #sanctions on officials or organizations (including businesses) that the #WhiteHouse views as helping #Beijing clamp down on political freedoms."
by @AlanRMacLeod
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