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Clock ticking for TikTok as US Supreme Court upholds ban

With Biden reportedly planning to skirt enforcement and kick the can to Trump, this saga might still not be over Updated  The US Supreme Court has upheld a law requiring TikTok to either divest from its Chinese parent ByteDance or face a ban in the United States. The decision eliminates the final legal obstacle to the federal government forcing a shutdown of the platform for US users on January 19.… READ MORE HERE…

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FCC to telcos: By law you must secure your networks from foreign spies. Get on it

Plus: Uncle Sam is cross with this one Chinese biz over Salt Typhoon mega-snooping Decades-old legislation requiring American telcos to lock down their systems to prevent foreign snoops from intercepting communications isn’t mere decoration on the pages of law books – it actually means carriers need to secure their networks, the FCC has huffed.… READ MORE HERE…

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