China

Catherine Salgado |

“It ends with China having all of your data,” popular podcaster Joe Rogan said of Americans’ use of TikTok on his show Tuesday.

Catherine Salgado |

China’s first YouTubers called SnapChat out for seemingly bowing to Chinese propaganda on Taiwan in a recent podcast.

Catherine Salgado |

More than half of Americans want app stores to remove TikTok following revelations that Chinese employees can directly access U.S. user data.

Catherine Salgado |

A United Kingdom lawmaker proposed a communist Chinese-style social credit score. Wake up, West!

At least one Republican senator and one Democratic senator are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate TikTok. “There is bipartisan consensus on this threat and no excuse for inaction while Americans remain at risk,” Sen. Marco…

Jeffrey Clark |

The CEO of one of the largest Big Tech companies in the world appeared on Communist Chinese state-affiliated media to praise China for its “inspiring” and “innovative” app development scene.

Eric Scheiner |

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has tweeted out his official letter asking Apple and Google remove the TikTok app from their app stores.

Autumn Johnson |

A group of United States senators introduced a bill that would allow the president to block exports of data to countries that pose a national security risk.

Catherine Salgado |

“Is TikTok destroying civilization?” Elon Musk tweeted June 17. “Or perhaps social media in general.” Hyperbole? Perhaps, but maybe not considering new revelations about TikTok’s reported data sharing with China.

Catherine Salgado |

House Republicans on Monday introduced a bill to stop Big Tech from allowing Chinese Communist Party senior officials to have accounts on American social media platforms. The “China Social Media Reciprocity Act” would prevent certain officials…

Catherine Salgado |

Three congressional lawmakers sent letters to NewsGuard and the American Federation of Teachers union. The letters cited original MRC Free Speech America research to illustrate NewsGuard’s leftist bias and the dangers of its new partnership with…

Gabriela Pariseau |

TikTok can’t seem to get rid of MRCTV no matter how hard it tries. The platform permanently banned, and then restored, MRCTV after placing 36 restrictions on the account.

Catherine Salgado |

Twitter, Facebook and YouTube allow seven dictators, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, unfettered access to post on their platforms, influencing approximately 50 million followers as of March 28. Meanwhile, former leader of the free…

Catherine Salgado |

Does biased NewsGuard automatically favor state-affiliated media? The liberal online “credibility” arbiter gave seven traditionally non-autocratic state-affiliated media outlets around the world an average score of 98.6/100.

Catherine Salgado |

Montana’s attorney general has announced an investigation into Communist Chinese-linked social media app TikTok, including an examination of TikTok’s censorship.

Catherine Salgado |

Self-appointed online “credibility” arbiter NewsGuard rates several U.S. media outlets as less reliable than several Chinese Communist Party-controlled state media outlets.

Catherine Salgado |

NBCUniversal is reportedly partnering with Chinese state-linked social media app TikTok for an advertising campaign designed to promote NBC’s coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Catherine Salgado |

Shipping giant Amazon has reportedly banned ratings and reviews for a book by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the demand of the Chinese government. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government apparently became sensitive to negative reviews and…

Catherine Salgado |

YouTube is not only censoring conservatives, but recently, it has reportedly become a platform for something perhaps just as sinister: Western influencers who paint positive pictures of Communist China, even repeating Chinese propaganda along the…

Joseph Vazquez |

Apple’s recent pro-China behavior now makes sense. The tech giant’s CEO reportedly signed a secret deal with the country worth hundreds of billions of dollars five years ago, according to a new report.