U.S. House administration arm bans TikTok on official devices

The popular Chinese video app TikTok has been banned from all U.S. House of Representatives-managed devices, according to the House's administration arm, mimicking a law soon to go into effect banning the app from U.S. government devices. The app is considered "high risk due to a number of security issues," the House's Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) said in a message sent to all lawmakers and staff on Tuesday, and must be deleted from all devices managed by the House. The new rule follows a series of moves by U.S. state governments to ban TikTok, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd, from government devices. As of last week, 19 states have at least partially blocked the app from state-managed devices over concerns that the Chinese government could use the app to track Americans and censor content.

via msn: U.S. House administration arm bans TikTok on official devices

U.S. House administration arm bans TikTok on official devices

The popular Chinese video app TikTok has been banned from all U.S. House of Representatives-managed devices, according to the House's administration arm, mimicking a law soon to go into effect banning the app from U.S. government devices. The app is considered "high risk due to a number of security issues," the House's Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) said in a message sent to all lawmakers and staff on Tuesday, and must be deleted from all devices managed by the House. The new rule follows a series of moves by U.S. state governments to ban TikTok, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd, from government devices. As of last week, 19 states have at least partially blocked the app from state-managed devices over concerns that the Chinese government could use the app to track Americans and censor content.

via msn: U.S. House administration arm bans TikTok on official devices

Melanie C cancels Polish state TV concert over “issues that do not align with the communities I support”

Singer Melanie C has pulled out of Polish state broadcaster TVP’s showpiece New Year’s Eve concert following a wave of criticism, citing “issues that do not align with the communities I support”. The former Spice Girl is known for supporting the LGBT+ community, while TVP in recent years has been a key tool in Poland’s ruling party campaign against what it calls “LGBT ideology”. “In light of some issues that have been brought to my attention, that do not align with the communities I support, I’m afraid I will no longer be able to perform in Poland as planned on New Year’s Eve,” the artist wrote on her social media. In a statement published on its website, TVP  wrote “that it’s surprised by the information about the artist’s change of plans” and stressed that New Year’s Eve concert “is for everyone who wants to celebrate New Year having fun”. (...) The singer’s decision was welcomed by many fans. Jakub Kwieciński and Dawid Mycek, a prominent gay couple, said that “one of us was fired a few years ago from this regime, national TV what we believe – for being gay”. “As much we would like to see you in Poland, we are extremally proud and happy that you refused to perform in this full of hate to LGBT national TV. Thank you for your support!”

via notesfrompoland: Melanie C cancels Polish state TV concert over “issues that do not align with the communities I support”

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Melanie C cancels Polish state TV concert over “issues that do not align with the communities I support”

Singer Melanie C has pulled out of Polish state broadcaster TVP’s showpiece New Year’s Eve concert following a wave of criticism, citing “issues that do not align with the communities I support”. The former Spice Girl is known for supporting the LGBT+ community, while TVP in recent years has been a key tool in Poland’s ruling party campaign against what it calls “LGBT ideology”. “In light of some issues that have been brought to my attention, that do not align with the communities I support, I’m afraid I will no longer be able to perform in Poland as planned on New Year’s Eve,” the artist wrote on her social media. In a statement published on its website, TVP  wrote “that it’s surprised by the information about the artist’s change of plans” and stressed that New Year’s Eve concert “is for everyone who wants to celebrate New Year having fun”. (...) The singer’s decision was welcomed by many fans. Jakub Kwieciński and Dawid Mycek, a prominent gay couple, said that “one of us was fired a few years ago from this regime, national TV what we believe – for being gay”. “As much we would like to see you in Poland, we are extremally proud and happy that you refused to perform in this full of hate to LGBT national TV. Thank you for your support!”

via notesfrompoland: Melanie C cancels Polish state TV concert over “issues that do not align with the communities I support”

https://www.facebook.com/MelanieCMusic/posts/709905263838490
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Leader in #plot to #kidnap US #governor sentenced to 16 years – #terror #farright

Prosecutors say Adam Fox was ‘driving force’ behind conspiracy to kidnap Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. One of the men accused of masterminding a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been sentenced to 16 years in prison, four months after he was found guilty in a Michigan court room. Adam Fox was convicted in August of conspiracy to kidnap Whitmer, a prominent figure in the Democratic Party, and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction in the scheme. He had faced a life sentence. Prosecutors allege that Fox, along with his co-defendant Barry Croft Jr, were the ringleaders of the thwarted operation that was designed to ignite a “second American revolution”. (...) According to prosecutors, both men had ties to a far-right militia group called the Three Percenters, named after the unfounded claim that only 3 percent of early US colonists participated in the American Revolution.

via aljazeera: Leader in plot to kidnap US governor sentenced to 16 years

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Leader in #plot to #kidnap US #governor sentenced to 16 years – #terror #farright

Prosecutors say Adam Fox was ‘driving force’ behind conspiracy to kidnap Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. One of the men accused of masterminding a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been sentenced to 16 years in prison, four months after he was found guilty in a Michigan court room. Adam Fox was convicted in August of conspiracy to kidnap Whitmer, a prominent figure in the Democratic Party, and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction in the scheme. He had faced a life sentence. Prosecutors allege that Fox, along with his co-defendant Barry Croft Jr, were the ringleaders of the thwarted operation that was designed to ignite a “second American revolution”. (...) According to prosecutors, both men had ties to a far-right militia group called the Three Percenters, named after the unfounded claim that only 3 percent of early US colonists participated in the American Revolution.

via aljazeera: Leader in plot to kidnap US governor sentenced to 16 years

https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1607853314355433473

‘They Held Stalingrad. We’re Holding Bakhmut’: Inside Ukraine’s Shattered City

VICE World News spent 2 weeks inside the besieged city of Bakhmut, which has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance and Russia’s desperation to overwhelm Ukraine’s defenders. “Three Hundred! Thirty! Three!” – The mortarman shouts out, loading another 150 millimetre projectile into the cannon. It’s an old Soviet firing chant meant to replace the traditional  “3, 2, 1” that this team of Belarusian legionaries fighting to support Ukrainian forces enact as a cheeky nod to days gone by. A massive thud shakes the leaves off a tree nearby and the crew runs to reload another round. (...) It’s nearly 2AM on a winter night just a few miles outside of Bakhmut, a city in Eastern Ukraine. Aside from the glow of cigarettes and a few tactical red lights, it’s pitch black. Melnikov and his team are many hours into their planned attack on Russian forces. Their job is a flowing motion of repetitive steps. They listen quietly to a radio. On the other side, a hidden Ukrainian reconnaissance team is just a few miles up the road far past the enemy lines, creeping dangerously close to unwitting Russian troops. (...) For months, Russia has been attacking this small Eastern Ukrainian city with little regard for human life. Thousands of Russian troops have piled into the fight. Some from the elite infamous Wagner mercenary group and others barely trained and recently mobilised by the Russian government, all fighting and dying as they push to control Bakhmut. But try as they might, Ukrainian forces have so far stopped them. Both sides are slowly fighting for inches at a time with casualties increasing. (...) Devoid of all but a few thousand of its pre-invasion population of roughly 75,000 residents, Bakhmut is now a charred shadow of its past. The stands of the local football stadium are torn from a massive explosion. The town square is a bread distribution point rutted with mortar and artillery shell hits. The local clinic is a bustling military evacuation point filled with a constant stream of dead and injured Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.

via vice: ‘They Held Stalingrad. We’re Holding Bakhmut’: Inside Ukraine’s Shattered City

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