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Added on the 07/08/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Beijing, Aug 18 (EFE).- The bans announced by the President of the United Sates Donald Trump on Chinese social networks TikTok and WeChat have triggered a wave of uncertainty for the two companies with speculation over multi-million dollar losses, forced sales, legal challenges and possible retaliation. On Aug. 7 Trump signed a presidential order to ban "transactions" - as yet unspecified - with the two applications and their developers ByteDance and Tencent, effective in 45 days. The order cited national security threats over the alleged capture of personal data by the apps that could be shared with the Chinese Communist Party. TikTok had become of the biggest global success story of the Chinese tech sector in recent years, while Tencent is a digital giant on its own with an estimated net worth of over $695 billion. The impending bans could affect the two ventures in different ways. (Camera: WU HONG).B-ROLL OF TENCENT HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN BEIJING, CHINA.
Facebook will begin removing all content that mentions the phrase "stop the steal". This comes a full 69 days after Election Day, according to reports at CNN. There have been continued attempts to organize events against the outcome of the US presidential election. Many of them have lead to violence, like the terror attacks on the Capitol recently. "We're taking this additional step in the lead up to the inauguration," says Guy Rosen, Facebook's VP of integrity. "Stop the steal" has become popular among Trump supporters that believe false claims of election fraud.
Gizmodo reports that American Airlines announced on Thursday that will not serve alcohol on flights out of Washington D.C. This comes after viral videos went showed passengers being verbally abusive while traveling into D.C. for President Trump’s neo-fascist rally. The drink ban is one of many measure that the airline is considering after Wednesday's deadly attack on the Capitol, which left four people dead. American Airlines said "At American, safety is our highest priority. We are working closely with local law enforcement and airport authority partners to ensure the safety of our customers and team members on the ground and in the air.” Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) International said “The mob mentality behavior that took place on several flights to the D.C. area yesterday was unacceptable and threatened the safety and security of every single person onboard."
After Joe Biden was named US President-elect, President Donald Trump's re-election campaign swung into action, determined to reverse the outcome. One of its efforts was to set up a 'voter fraud hotline' at the campaign's headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. But according to Business Insider, the hotline has now been closed, after a TikTok trend led to a deluge of prank calls. TikTok users soon began uploading videos of themselves calling with fake claims and recording the reaction of the operator. The hotline has since been replaced with an online form. The inbox for the form has already been flooded with lewd images, the entire Bee Movie script, and more.
Former White House adviser Kellyanne Conway failed to get in front of her own story on Friday. That's because her own daughter, Claudia Conway, broke the news on her TikTok account that her mother had tested positive for COVID-19. According to Business Insider, Kellyanne Conway confirmed the news in a tweet Friday. She described her symptoms as 'mild,' including a 'light cough,' and wrote she is feeling fine. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for the coronavirus late Thursday night, as did two Republican senators.
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