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TikTok Sues U.S. Government Over Law Forcing Sale or Ban
TikTok said it sued the federal government on Tuesday, arguing the law was unconstitutional.
TikTok said that the law violated the First Amendment by effectively removing an app that millions of Americans use to share their views and communicate freely. It also argued that a divestiture was “simply not possible,” especially within the law’s 270-day timeline, pointing to difficulties such as Beijing’s refusal to sell a key feature that powers TikTok in the United States.
“For the first time in history, Congress has enacted a law that subjects a single, named speech… Read more
@TroubledSwiftRepublican2wks2W
Regardless of who may be behind TikTok, banning it sounds unAmerican and unconstitutional to me. It’s clearly an infringement on free speech. What comes next ? Book burning?
@PorpoiseJimmySocialist2wks2W
No, it isn't an infringement on free speech. First of all, that is how the whole DMCA platform thing works, it isn't the speech of the platform owner, it is the speech of the users of the platform. Second, there is clearly a national security interest to consider when it comes to the ownership of major media outlets. Do you really think during the cold war we would have let the Soviet Union buy CBS or ABC?
@P0l1cyAriaPatriot2wks2W
Why does the Biden administration continue to run campaign ads on TikTok when they know full well it is run by the Chinese government?
@OriginalEqualityGreen2wks2W
This is the million dollar question! Kinda ironic, huh?
To be purchased by an entity controlled by the CIA. How many ex-CIA employees have worked for Meta, Twitter, and various other social media organizations?
@SadElect0ralMountain2wks2W
If we were actually worried about our children then all these platforms would be gone
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Biden to condemn antisemitism on Holocaust Remembrance Day
When U.S. President Joe Biden arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to honor 6 million Jews killed eight decades ago, his message will be as much about the present as the past.
Biden will speak to the existential threats faced by Jewish people seven months to the day since the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 by Israeli tallies, in what Biden has called the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.
Speaking at the Capitol, in a keynote address for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's annual National Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance, Biden will aim to cool an increasingly divided and divisive U.S. debate about Jewish security, Zionism, free speech and support for Israel, in the country with the largest Jewish population after Israel.
Speaker Mike Johnson, addressing today's Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony at the US Capitol, compares US college campuses to Nazi Germany. He says if you close your eyes, "you can hear screams coming from the gas chambers." He says this is why Congress just passed $24 Billion for Israel
@T4riffCraneConstitution2wks2W
This is Israel literally buying our representatives, in order to pass legislation that uses civil rights law to block criticism of Israel, as defined by a foreign entity that is also controlled by Israel.
@R3f0rmRalphGreen2wks2W
On the day after Holocaust Remembrance Day, apartheid Israel has launched Holocaust Reenactment Day
@BallotZoeWorking Family2wks2W
"We are not the Jews of trembling knees...we will fight!"
Clearly people who think nothing of raining bombs down on (literally) trembling/shell-shocked non-jewish children are prepared to "fight," if that's what they call that. The rest of the sane world calls it a war crime.
@StorkWillSocialist2wks2W
There's a major ramping-up of official propaganda tied with the campus protests, "Holocaust Remembrance Day," and the apparently imminent Rafah invasion. Jonathan Greenblatt of the ADL issues what sounds like a War Cry: "We are not the Jews of trembling knees... we will fight!"
@YouthfulCurGreen2wks2W
This guy's face alone increases antisemitism 250%. Imagine being such a vile, loathsome people that you have to pass special laws preventing others from speaking honestly about you.
Trump is making his big play for Jewish voters by arguing that the Democratic Party under Biden is "full-blown anti-Israel" and "anti-Semitic," after Biden spent the past seven months giving Israel unprecedented, unconditional military support and just signed another $24 billion
There wouldn't be a war if Netanyahu not rejected Trump's "peace treaty" he negotiated with Abbas. Also, Hamas would likely not be in power today had Netanyahu not funded them.
Curious Hamas holds hostages for 7-months while "they" and their homeland gets turned into dust. Most with one brain cell would release them.
FALSE:
Trump claims he made peace in the Middle East with Abraham Accords. That’s False.
In 2020, Israel and several Arab countries signed the Abraham Accords.
The accords, signed during the Trump administration, normalized diplomatic relations among the countries, but the countries were not engaged in military conflict.
Experts said the accords did not yield broad peace in the Middle East.
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Turkey Converts Byzantine-era church into a mosque
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally opened a former Byzantine church in Istanbul as a mosque on Monday, four years after his government had designated it a Muslim house of prayer, despite criticism from neighboring Greece.
Turkey formally converted The Church of St. Saviour in Chora, known as Kariye in Turkish, into a mosque in 2020, soon after it similarly turned Istanbul’s landmark Haghia Sophia into a Muslim house of prayer.
Both conversions drew praise from Muslim faithful but criticism from Greece and other countries who had urged Turkey to protect the important Byzantine… Read more
I lived in Turkey before its Islamization, back when it was safe for non-Muslims.
My father was a visiting professor at Boğaziçi University, and his best friend was a religious Muslim, who believed in equality for all. His friend was pushed out when Erdogan took over, and he told me he’d never return, nor should I. All my non-Muslim friends (from Robert Koleji) have left Turkey well.
Are there any Muslim countries where non-Muslims are still safe?
@ApricotsTerryGreen2wks2W
It’s still safe for non Muslims. Walking around Istanbul and there’s plenty of Christian’s openly showing their faith.
Not sure what you’re smoking but send me your dealers number
@MadPuddingRepublican2wks2W
This is part of Islam's "culture" of looting and pillage. Under political Islam, there is no equality for non-Muslims. They are seen as dhimmis, aka semi-slaves.
Where is the Orthos to protest against? Where is Constantinople?
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Half Of North Korean Missiles Used By Russia In Ukraine War Failed
According to a report from Ukrainian state prosecutors, around half of the North Korean KN-23 SRBMs — also known as Hwasong-11 — that have been launched by Russia not only deviated from their trajectory but also exploded in midair.
The analysis from the Ukrainian state prosecutors was based on the debris from 21 of around 50 North Korean ballistic missiles launched by Russia between late December and late February.
“About half of the North Korean missiles lost their programmed trajectories and exploded in the air; in such cases, the debris was not recovered,” the office… Read more
You fell for it. These aren't even relevant weapons anymore. This was 100% a distraction operation. They would NEVER publicize any kind of actual failure especially a sensitive one.
@DovesAlexDemocrat2wks2W
How many of the Russian missiles , or those of North Korea, are actually dustbins welded together and painted white?
Deterrent relies on credibility. Don’t test a bloody missile and tell ppl
It failed. Don’t test it at all!
Rockets fail all the time. Ask WW2 Germany, the russian space program, the US space program, Hamas, and any kid who launched an Estes rocket.
@MeerkatAutumnDemocrat2wks2W
What was the purpose of this whole big missile thing?
Intimidating them? They already have these type of missiles. Right?
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U.S. Report On Israel War Conduct Is "Delayed"
The Biden administration’s report on whether Israel has violated U.S. and international humanitarian law during the war in Gaza has been delayed indefinitely, three Senate aides and a House aide told POLITICO.
The State Department has been expected to issue a report Wednesday with a determination on whether Israel has violated international humanitarian law since the war in Gaza began. If so, the U.S. would be expected to stop sending Israel military assistance.
But the report won’t be finished by Wednesday, said the aides, granted anonymity to discuss internal communications. In… Read more
Ugh. Israel is committing war crime after war crime. It’s not at all in line with USA and international law, so Biden has to willfully ignore laws to keep the arms and other support flowing to Israel. Meanwhile he talks a huge game about laws, following them, and democracy.
@CruelImpalaRepublican2wks2W
it is however in line with the last 80 years of US internaional policy
@WakefulTacosSocialist2wks2W
US law prohibits support for human rights violations. See here for an explainer:
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France and China call for Palestinian state
Israel strongly opposes the plan despite support from many world powers, including the US.
China and France have called for the creation of an independent Palestinian state, according to a joint statement issued during Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s two-day official visit with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.
The so-called two-state solution, a plan to create a Palestinian state within territory occupied by Israel since 1967, is supported by the UN and a raft of individual nations, including Israel’s key ally the US. If implemented, it would likely require the Jewish state… Read more
Why does China and France have anything to say about a 2-state solution in Palestine's future? That goes for the rest of the world, and like-minded colonists.
@ToucanHaileyGreen2wks2W
The Xi-Macron communiqué on the situation of Palestine is very significant. France and China call for an immediate, sustainable ceasefire.
Look who's talking. Ask him about Tibet and uighurs!
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Senators Seek to Limit Facial Recognition at Airports
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing to halt the expansion of facial recognition technology at airports in the United States and restrict its use as part of the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that is making its way through Congress.
The proposal has pitted privacy advocates in both parties against consumer and industry groups that argue that the technology has the potential to vastly cut down on wait times at airports and increase convenience and safety.
Under a plan from the Transportation Security Administration, the government would expand facial recognition techn… Read more
@GloomyOctopusDemocrat2wks2W
I have had to use this technology repeatedly over the last 2 months. It does not make travel "more efficient" - it actually seems to create longer lines for all travelers but especially those with TSA Pre-Check and Clear. Wait times have gone up 4x since these facial recognition pads were put in
I fly for work a lot and am conscious of privacy concerns. TSA people have occasionally pushed back when I ask to not use the camera, and it takes the same amount of time if not longer than having the agent run your card. The only difference is TSA now gets your biometric data for free to sell to a data broker who will sell it to whoever is willing to pay for it. Data markets are a frighteningly un-regulated space.
@Supr3meCourtTomForward2wks2W
At first this all seemed dystopian but the reality is the US government already has photos of me, submitted by me when I applied for a passport. I am not really giving them something they didn’t have before.
An unbelievable fuss about nothing. I have a news flash for the Senators. Everyone who enters the airport security zone has to show a government photo ID.
