(Bloomberg) – CEOs of Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc. and Apple Inc. will testify on July 27 before a congressional panel investigating competition in the tech industry, according to an announcement by the Chamber Judicial Committee. Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, and Tim Cook are likely to face …
Read More »Pompeo warns of possible restrictions on the Chinese application TikTok; US Users May Be Passing Information to “Chinese Communists”
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that the Trump administration is considering restricting US users’ access to the Chinese social media app TikTok over concerns that the Beijing government is using it as a means to monitor and spread to people. Pompeo told “The Ingraham Angle” that he and …
Read More »Pompeo says the United States is ‘watching’ the ban on TikTok and other Chinese social media apps
Pompeo suggested the possible move during an interview with Laura Ingraham of Fox News, adding that “we are taking this very seriously.” Ingraham asked Pompeo if the United States should consider banning Chinese social media apps, “especially TikTok.” “Regarding Chinese applications on people’s cell phones, I can assure you that …
Read More »Trump Friends and Family authorized by millions in small business bailout – ProPublica
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our top stories as soon as they are published. Companies linked to the family and associates of President Donald Trump will receive up to $ 21 million in government loans designed to shore up payroll expenses …
Read More »Exclusive: TikTok says it will be released from the Hong Kong market in a few days
NEW YORK (Reuters) – TikTok will exit the Hong Kong market in a few days, a spokesman told Reuters on Monday night as other technology companies, including Facebook Inc (FB.O) have suspended the processing of government requests for user data in the region. FILE PHOTO: A TikTok logo is displayed …
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