TikTok’s Chinese Parent Company Has Unlimited Access to American Data

Former TikTok employees have disclosed that the popular social media platform is largely controlled by its Chinese parent company.
TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, supplies the Chinese government with endless American user data since Chinese law requires its organizations to “support, assist, and cooperate with the state intelligence work.”
TikTok’s privacy policy allows the platform to share user data with ByteDance.
“We may share all of the information we collect with a parent, subsidiary, or other affiliate of our corporate group,” the policy reads. 
The user data the platform collects is unlimited.
“They’ve collected ten of millions of pieces of data on Americans,” said Lewis. “This is big data. In the U.S. they use it for advertising … in China, the state uses it for intelligence purposes,” Jim Lewis, senior vice president of the strategic technologies program at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, a foreign affairs think tank, told CNBC.
Meanwhile, TikTok also downplays the data sharing.
“We employ rigorous access controls and a strict approval process overseen by our U.S.-based leadership team, including technologies like encryption and security monitoring to safeguard sensitive user data,” a TikTok spokeswoman told CNBC.
Former employees of the social media platform say that nearly all of TikTok’s product development is led by ByteDance. Cybersecurity experts say TikTok’s privacy policy opens user information to potential information requests by the Chinese government.
“If the legal authorities in China or their parent company demands the data, users have already given them the legal right to turn it over,” Bryan Cunningham, Executive director of the Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute at the University of California, Irvine, told CNBC.
In the past, the Chinese government has instructed the platform to censor content that is critical of its government.
In late 2020, the platform came under fire after TikTok’s U.K. Director of Public Policy Elizabeth Kanter admitted during a hearing that the platform had previously censored content that was critical of the Chinese government’s forced labor of Uyghur Muslims in China. Kanter later said she misspoke during. 
Experts say the power to censor content critical of a national government is problematic.
“Anytime [the Chinese government has] control over a platform like TikTok that has billions of users and is only getting more popular, it gives them power to feed our mind what we should think about, what we consider truth and what is false,” Ambuj Kumar, CEO of encryption-based cybersecurity company Fortanix said. 
Conservatives are under attack. Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency, clarity on “hate speech” and equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored, contact us at the Media Research Center contact form, and help us hold Big Tech accountable.
 

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Texas Governor To Resume Construction Of Trump’s Border Wall With Or Without President Applesauce Brains…


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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared a disaster in 34 counties in his state on May 31, allowing him to free up funds allocated by the Legislature to resume construction of a wall along the southern border started under President Donald Trump and abandoned by President Biden.

“Texas will build a border wall in our state to help secure our border,” Abbott, a Republican, said at a press conference last week where he announced his unprecedented plan to use $250 million of state funds as a “down payment” on the new wall.

“The Biden administration has abandoned its responsibility to apply federal law to secure the border and to enforce the immigration laws, and Texans are suffering as a consequence of that neglect by the Biden administration,” Abbott added. “In the federal government’s absence, Texas is stepping up to get the job done.”

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Transgender Poll: Majority of Americans Against Allowing Men to Compete Against Women


A majority of Americans are against women having to compete against biological men in athletics, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Friday found.

The survey, taken June 22-23, 2021, among 1,000 U.S. adults, asked respondents, “Is it fair to make women compete against transgender athletes?”

A majority, or 56 percent, said “no,” it is not fair. One-quarter of respondents said “yes,” it is fair, and 19 percent said they are not sure.

Nearly three-quarters of Republicans, 74 percent, agree that it is not fair, as do 59 percent of independents and 40 percent of Democrats. Thirty-five percent of Democrats believe it is fair, compared to 18 percent of Republicans and 21 percent of independents who say the same.

A majority of both men and women, 59 percent and 54 percent, respectively, believe it is not fair.

Over half of Americans, 55 percent, indicated they have at least somewhat followed the recent news reports about transgender athletes in the upcoming Olympic games.

The survey’s margin of error is +/- three percent.

This week, New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard, 43, became the first man who is living as a woman set to compete in the Olympic games. Hubbard, who was born a man, began openly living as a woman in his 30s.

“We acknowledge that gender identity in sport is a highly sensitive and complex issue requiring a balance between human rights and fairness on the field of play,” New Zealand Olympic Committee chief Kereyn Smith said in a statement.

“As the New Zealand team, we have a strong culture of manaaki (caring) and inclusion and respect for all,” Smith added.

As Breitbart News reported, Hubbard reportedly kept a minority woman out of the Olympics, 21-year-old Kuinini Manumua:

A recent Global Sport Institute and OH Predictive Insights poll found 53 percent of respondents oppose allowing men who say they are transgender to compete against biological women.

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The Same Unapproved SQL Software Found on Michigan and Pennsylvania Voting Systems Is Likely Also on Machines in Arizona and Georgia

The same SQL software found on voting machines in Michigan and Pennsylvania is likely on the voting machines in Arizona and Georgia. 

Earlier this month, The Gateway Pundit covered The Epoch Times article on an Election System Analysis performed on Fulton County Pennsylvania voting systems.

The review was conducted by Wake Technology Services, Inc. (‘Wake TSI’), whose report detailed the presence of Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (‘SSDT’),­ on the Dominion Election Management System (‘EMS’) server.

From page 25 of Wake TSI’s report:

…Dominion has installed the Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) on the server.  This software is not part of the EAC (Election Assistance Commission) certified configuration and makes the system certification invalid”

For context, the voting system (in this case Dominion):

there is “no valid reason” for the software to be installed on the system and that the presence “allows any user with access to change and manipulate the EMS databases without logging [recording] to the Database, EMS, or [operating system] logfiles.”

 The Gateway Pundit exclusively reported that the software found in Fulton County, PA is the same software that Michigan Attorney Matthew DePerno’s team discovered on the Dominion Election Management Server (EMS) in Antrim County MI.

Developing: The Same Suspicious SQL Software Discovered in Michigan Dominion Voting Machines Was Just Found in Pennsylvania Dominion Voting Machines

It now appears there is a high likelihood the same unapproved, separately installed software will be found in Arizona and Georgia.

After reviewing both states contracts with Dominion, we found this on page 25 of Arizona’s contract that the Microsoft Server Management Tools are present in the contract:

 

 

Similarly, we found the same verbiage on page 49 of Georgia’s contract:

It is important to note that the Microsoft SQL Server Management Tools software is NOT included in the Dominion Democracy Suite 5.5A certified configuration approved by the EAC shown below:

In a court briefing on May 3, 2021, DePerno stated:

Cyber Ninjas discovered a Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio implant on the system.

“This piece of software is not approved by the Election Assistance Commission (‘EAC’) and allows a user to actually circumvent security protocol and make ‘direct edit entries within the database’ which ‘could potentially be utilized to change vote values.’”

DePerno released the video of systems vulnerability expert Jeffrey Lenberg demonstrating the ability to alter the data in the database, in effect changing the election results using the unapproved software.  We included the same video where Lenberg shows how easy it is to alter votes.

EXCLUSIVE: YES, SQL Found on Voting Machines in PA and MI Indicates Election Data Could Be Read and/or Manipulated

The fact that the successful test included an actual Dominion machine and EMS software configuration that was used in the election is immensely powerful evidence. This shows the threat posed by the presence of the software is not just theoretical or remotely possible under unrealistic conditions, but very real under actual conditions.

To better understand the capabilities and potential implications of this software tool, it is important to provide some context.

In each voting precinct or jurisdiction, there are voting machines and/or tabulators that process the ballots.  To manage the election there is an Election Management Server, or ‘EMS’ which is simply a Dell computer running the Dominion software program ‘Dominion Democracy Suite 5.5A’.  This program receives the data from the voting machines and uses a database program on the same computer, that organizes and stores the data.

The database should only be accessed through the Dominion Democracy Suite 5.5A software and is essentially the “gatekeeper” to the data which is managed according to its own rules and procedures.

This is the configuration that is “certified” or approved by the Election Assistance Commission.

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) or Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT), the software discovered on the Election Management Servers in MI and PA, and most likely will be discovered in GA and AZ are programs that give direct access to the data and completely circumvent the Democracy Suite application. These programs are essentially a “back door” allowing the user unrestricted access to invisibly edit or manipulate the data in the database (votes) without being logged, registered, or controlled by the Democracy Suite program.

Experts know that Microsoft SSDT is a powerful collection of tools used to manage databases and their content, which is a task that only Dominion Democracy Suite 5.5A should have in this configuration.

Wake TSI’s report described it like this:

 There is no valid reason for Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) to be installed on the EMS. This software toolbox allows any user with access to change and manipulate the EMS databases without logging (recording) to the Database, EMS or OS logfiles.”

There is simply NO REASON, (no good reason), for this software to be on the same server as the Dominion software.  Essentially, it is analogous to a shady business having two sets of books organized automatically in real-time.

There’s more.  Microsoft SSDT provides the medium in which to run programming scripts and complex algorithms consistent with the results shown in TGP’s “Drop and Roll”.  Additionally, the SSDT suite is capable of far more complex tasks.  For example, Microsoft’s SSDT can compare and synchronize data.

In short, the Microsoft SQL Data Tools and the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio are perfect for coordinating results consistent with those shown in DePerno’s filing.

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President Trump Opens a Verified Account on RUMBLE — Picks Up 45,000 New Followers in an Hour!

According to reports, President Trump has opened an account on Rumble.

RT News reports:

Former President Donald Trump has opened an account on Rumble, a rival video platform to YouTube. Trump remains blacklisted by every major social media outlet after his supporters rioted on Capitol Hill in January.

An account named ‘Donald J. Trump’ appeared on Rumble on Saturday bearing the site’s green and white verification checkmark. The only video posted by the account is a livestream of Trump’s campaign-style rally in Wellington, Ohio, due to kick off later on Saturday evening.

The authenticity of the account was confirmed by Dan Scavino, an adviser to the former president…

…Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski told Fortune last year that while he never set out to create a platform for right-wingers, he’s happy enough to host them. “The way I look at this is we’re neutral,” he said. “We won’t discriminate against anyone or any group.”

The Trump team stated that the President would be on another social media output after Twitter removed the President of the United States’ account on that platform.  

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President Trump is picking up 45,000 new followers in an hour!

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Female Customer Freaks After She Sees Biological Male Walking Around with His Penis Out Around Children in LA Women’s Day Spa – Spa Defends Naked Man! (VIDEO)

A female customer freaked out after she saw a biological male walking around a women’s day spa with his penis out – around children!

The female customer was irate after she saw a naked man in an area designated for women only and took her grievances to the front desk of Wi Spa in Los Angeles.

The employee working at the front desk defended the naked man and said he’s allowed to enter the women’s spa because of ‘sexual orientation.’

At one point a soy boy liberal ‘male’ walked up to the customer and tried to shame her for not accepting ‘transgenders.’

The woman held her ground and blasted the liberal white knight loser.

It is unclear when the video was taken but it was making the rounds on social media on Saturday.

God bless this woman!

VIDEO:

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Senate Republicans Urge CDC To End Mask Mandate On Airplanes, Public Transit

Senate Republicans Urge CDC To End Mask Mandate On Airplanes, Public Transit

Authored by Ivan Pentchoukov via The Epoch Times,

A group of Republican senators on June 25 introduced a resolution urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to end the mask mandate for fully vaccinated Americans using public transit and interstate travel.

The CDC has already lifted the mask guidance for fully vaccinated people outdoors and in most other settings. But interstate rail lines, airports, and airplanes still require masks in abeyance to one of the early executive orders issued by President Joe Biden.

“Over 150 million people in the United States are fully vaccinated and mask mandates have been lifted across the country. But the CDC inexplicably still hasn’t lifted the mask mandate for public transportation. It’s long past time for President Biden and the CDC to follow the science and end this mask mandate for fully vaccinated individuals,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said in a statement.

“Americans should be able to travel to celebrate Independence Day with their friends and loved ones without having to follow an outdated and unnecessary mandate.”

The text of the resolution says lifting the mandate would incentivize more people to get the CCP virus vaccine. The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, causes COVID-19.

The Republicans also argue that ending the mandate would help with the economic recovery by safely boosting travel and tourism.

Outside of the beltway, the country is going back to normal. Wyoming and most other states lifted their mask mandate months ago. Vaccination rates are increasing and COVID cases are decreasing. The only place most Americans are wearing masks now is in airports and on airplanes,” said Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.).

“Secretary Buttigieg even said that the mandate is not actually about the science, but instead about ‘respect.’ If there’s no science backing it up, it’s time for the mandate to go.”

On April 30, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) extended the mask requirement at airports and throughout the transportation network until September 13. The resolution urges the TSA to “update its mask requirements, to be consistent with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, to permit fully vaccinated individuals to travel on all transportation networks throughout the United States without wearing a mask.

A group representing major airlines earlier this month urged the Department of Justice to prosecute passengers who don’t comply with the mask requirement. According to the letter, the Federal Aviation Administration has received more than 3,039 reports of unruly behavior. Many of the reports deal with passengers who refused to wear masks.

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