Craig Cunningham @craigevil@librem.one

More than 130 employees at ByteDance, the Chinese owner of video-sharing application TikTok, are part of a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) committee embedded in the company.

Many of the employees work in management positions, an internal document reveals.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/tiktoks-parent-company-employs-ccp-members-in-its-highest-ranks_3451561.html https://twitter.com/BowenXiao_/status/1292633412373753858 #News #CCP

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"If we preoccupy ourselves with distancing ourselves from the 'bad' folks, we will eventually cede free speech to the grifters." — @glukianoff
https://reason.com/2020/08/04/whats-the-best-way-to-protect-free-speech-ken-white-and-greg-lukianoff-debate-cancel-culture/ https://twitter.com/reason/status/1292616655877570560 #reason #debate

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Barr: U.S. facing new form of 'urban guerrilla warfare' driven by left's 'lust for power' https://www.wnd.com/2020/08/barr-u-s-facing-new-form-urban-guerrilla-warfare-driven-lefts-lust-power/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium&utm_content=2020-08-09 https://twitter.com/worldnetdaily/status/1292637299864252417

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Gun control is pushed endlessly by the left. But would its support change if more African-Americans became aware of the movement's sordid, racist history?

The Daily Caller presents "The Racist History of Gun Control"

FULL VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBjzd2MhmJY&t=376s
https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1292630026748416000 #DailyCaller #Tucker #Africa #Gun

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Joe Biden continues to push a false narrative even though the investigation at the time conducted by his own DOJ determined that Michael Brown engaged in felony assault of a police officer after robbing a convenience store.

Joe Biden: It's been six years since Michael Brown's life was taken in Ferguson — reigniting a movement. We must continue the work of tackling systemic racism and reforming policing.
https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1292642126203953153 #DailyCaller #Tucker #Biden
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Politically-correct witch-hunt is killing free speech
https://sarahadowney.substack.com/p/this-politically-correct-witch-hunt

(submitted by phonon)

A US ban on using the TikTok app would violate the First Amendment rights of millions of US citizens and residents. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/tiktok-ban-seed-genuine-security-concern-wrapped-thick-layer-censorship

Sarah Sanders: Feminists are Wrong, You Don’t Have to Abort Your Baby to Have a Career https://buff.ly/30DMOaM
https://twitter.com/LifeNewsToo/status/1292631760719806464 #feminist

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Single Mom Who Rejected Abortion of Twins Graduates With Two Degrees https://buff.ly/2KbpMzD
https://twitter.com/LifeNewsToo/status/1292641962227568640

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Another reason to hate Chromebooks and Google Classroom.

My son's school locks down his Google Classroom account so hard that, if he logs into the Chromebook with the account, he cannot access our local NAS. They literally block the protocol at the account level.

Online tracking is constantly growing. If you want to stay safe, check out these alternatives to Google & Co: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/how-to-leave-google-gmail/ 😎

Further proof that #encryption helps protect your data - The Chinese government is now blocking TLS 1.3 and ESNI, which makes it harder to know certain domain information.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/china-is-now-blocking-all-encrypted-https-traffic-using-tls-1-3-and-esni/

But, it's not just in #China that these things occur...

The US government is currently trying to weaken your ability to use encryption too. If you believe in a more private and secure #Internet, please speak out to your member of #Congress and share why #privacy matters to you.

After spending today using only my #pinephone running ubuntu touch, taking it out and about in "normal daily life", I made a quick write-up of my experience.

All in all it's actually looking really good! A number of issues remain in UT, such as the camera and, I think, GPS, but UI performance is great and there has been a huge increase in the number of apps that are available on the Open Store. 😀

https://mcol.xyz/2020/08/a-full-day-test-driving-ubuntu-touch-on-the-pinephone.html

Potentially habitable exoplanets ranked by distance from Earth in light years

(Credit: PHL @ UPR Arecibo) https://twitter.com/universal_sci/status/1292566813809741824/photo/1
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Did you know:

Alleged rapist Ibrahim Bouaichi was released from jail to "keep him safe" due to Democrat China Virus policies

He immediately hunted down his accuser and brutally murdered her

Yet the media ignores this and only covers "illegal" church services—I wonder why?

🤔 https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1292558273300664320 #Turning_Point_USA #China #Murder #virus

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In the past four decades, more than 62 million unborn babies have been aborted. Yet, Joe Biden support policies that would expand abortions – leading to more deaths of unborn babies and more suffering mothers. Women and their children deserve better. https://twitter.com/LifeNewsToo/status/1292143210119168001 #Biden

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George Bush- creator of the DHS, ICE and the militarized border- is writing a book about the positives of immigration. My latest article in @MintPressNews https://www.mintpressnews.com/dont-let-his-new-book-fool-you-george-w-bush-laid-groundwork-immigration-nightmare/270215/ https://twitter.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1291847868609966080 #BehindTheHeadline #DHS #Immigration

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President Trump: Portland Rioters ‘Sick, Disturbed People’ https://www.oann.com/president-trump-portland-rioters-sick-disturbed-people/ https://twitter.com/OANN/status/1292159118245912576 #News #Portland #Trump

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No one should have to unlock their phone and expose their health information in order to gain entry to their office, school, or neighborhood market. So we oppose California's AB 2004. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/no-blockchain-credentials-covid-19-test-results-entry-public-spaces

Nasa to change 'harmful' and discriminatory planet and galaxy nicknames

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/aug/08/nasa-to-change-harmful-and-discriminatory-planet-and-galaxy-nicknames
#newsbot