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WASHINGTON: The Biden administration has extended invitations to 120 global leaders for next week’s Summit for Democracy, including representatives from eight countries that were not invited to the White House’s inaugural summit in 2021. That is according to a senior administration official, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to discuss…

Some political experts say a TikTok ban could be damaging to Democrats who have used the platform to reach younger voters. Three House Democrats rallied with TikTok creators on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in opposition to a ban. “Why the hysteria and the panic and the targeting of TikTok?” asked Representative Jamaal Bowman, a Democrat…

In a section of the email titled “Can the Chinese government request TikTok US user data?” the company wrote that Project Texas “prevents inappropriate access to that data, including no approval mechanism by which US data would be shared with the Chinese government”. A TikTok spokesperson said the company is engaging with advertisers “in open,…

THE HAGUE: Russian leaders should be put on trial for the invasion of Ukraine even if they cannot be arrested and brought to court in person, Kyiv’s top prosecutor said on Thursday (Mar 23). Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin, speaking to Reuters during a stopover in The Hague where the International Criminal Court is based,…

BEIJING: China’s government said Thursday (Mar 23) it would oppose possible US plans to force TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell the short-video service as a security risk and warned such a move would hurt investor confidence in the United States. Governments are worried TikTok’s owner, ByteDance, might give browsing history or other data about users…

China’s peace plan was “obviously very strongly in Russia’s favour”, she said, adding that Beijing was ready to give Moscow “time to end the war in its favour”, albeit with implicit backing rather than pro-active support. “Certainly, Putin would have wished for more – especially on a gas deal with China – but the optics…

LONDON: Britain’s parliament will block TikTok on all devices on its network following a similar ban on government devices, becoming the latest Western institution to bar the Chinese-owned video app over security concerns. A TikTok spokesperson called the action “misguided”, saying it was based on fundamental misconceptions about the company. “Following the government’s decision to ban…

Chew, a 40-year-old Singapore native, told reporters before entering the hearing: “There are many misconceptions about our company and I’m very proud to come here and represent them and all our users in this country.” Later, in opening remarks, he said: “ByteDance is not owned or controlled by the Chinese government and is a private…

GENEVA: Twitter CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday (Mar 23) in a tweet that countries should not “cede authority” to the World Health Organization, and the UN health agency’s chief quickly rejected his comments. “Countries should not cede authority to WHO,” Musk, whose Twitter account has more than 132 million followers, wrote in response to…

Case stems from a 2019 remark in which opposition leader asked why 'all thieves have Modi as (their) common surname'.