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Anonymous ID: c81dec Aug. 8, 2020, 7:15 a.m. No.10222892   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>2972 >>3293 >>3424

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>https://disrn.com/news/photo-surfaces-showing-tiktok-executives-posing-with-communist-flag

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3982027

 

TikTok owners show true colors with communist flag

 

As speculation reaches a fever pitch over the fate of TikTok, a photo has surfaced showing top executives posing with party members and a communist flag inside the parent company's headquarters in Beijing โ€” making the close ties between the corporation and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) abundantly clear.

 

Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump is giving Microsoft until Sept. 15 to reach a deal to purchase short-video app TikTok from its Chinese owner ByteDance before banning the app from the U.S.

 

On Wednesday, human rights activist Jennifer Zeng posted on Twitter a photo of a CCP event held inside the corporate headquarters of ByteDance in Beijing's Haidian District, showing employees and CCP members holding a communist banner. The photo originates from a report on a similar CCP event held at the headquarters last July.

 

The event was held by the CCP branch of the Information and Communication Department and the Haidian District Overseas Chinese Federation (HCTF) and was titled, "Never forget the original intention, remember the mission, and promote the new era of Overseas Chinese Federation information communication work."

 

During the event, the company's technical staff explained in detail to CCP members TikTok's video operation mechanism, including its ability to harvest massive amounts of data, carrying out in-depth data mining, and analyzing user behavior. Feng Kaixu (ๅฐ้–‹่จฑ), deputy secretary of the Party committee and deputy editor-in-chief of ByteDance, also introduced the company's business and "party-building work."

 

Shi Yue (็Ÿณๅฒณ), secretary of the CCP branch of Haidian District Overseas Chinese Federation, introduced the federation and its promotional work. Zuo Zhiqiang (ๅทฆๅฟ—ๅผท), secretary of the CCP branch of the Information Communication Department, talked about the purpose of the department's research.

 

Zuo then emphasized the study and implementation of Chinese Chairman Xi Jinpingโ€™s (็ฟ’่ฟ‘ๅนณ) new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics as the main education theme. Zeng told Taiwan News that this was all party talk to "preserve the CCP's power and promote CCP's model to the world."

 

Both U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House trade adviser Peter Navarro have accused Chinese companies such as TikTok of passing on user data to the Chinese government, but TikTok has denied this. In October 2019, in response to the call for an investigation from U.S. senators, TikTok issued a statement in which it wrote: We have never been asked by the Chinese government to remove any content and we would not do so if asked. Period."

 

But in reality, TikTok or Douyin, like its parent company ByteDance, are shackled by a number of draconian security laws. The National Security Law implemented by the CCP in 2015, as well as the National Intelligence Law and the Cybersecurity Law implemented in 2017, call on companies to spread information on the internet that is beneficial to the CCP.

 

All Chinese companies, public or private, are required to have a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CPP) to hand down official party edicts. In addition, many companies, have an internal CCP committee that comprises part of the governance structure.

 

ByteDance has had a party committee since 2017 and is headed by CCP secretary and company editor-in-chief Zhang Fuping (ๅผต่ผ”่ฉ•), reported Human Rights Watch. Members of the committee hold regular gatherings at which they study speeches by Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping (็ฟ’่ฟ‘ๅนณ) and "pledge to follow the party in technological innovation."

 

In addition, ByteDance on April 25, 2019, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Public Security's Press and Publicity Bureau (ๅ…ฌๅฎ‰้ƒจๆ–ฐ่žๅฎฃๅ‚ณๅฑ€) in Beijing. The agreement was billed as "aiming to give full play to the professional technology and platform advantages of Toutiao and Tiktok in big data analysis," strengthen the creation and production of "public security new media works," boost "network influence and online discourse power," and enhance "public security propaganda, guidance, influence, and credibility," among other aspects.

Anonymous ID: c81dec Aug. 8, 2020, 8 a.m. No.10223125   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>3184 >>3293 >>3424

>>10223110

https://www.azfamily.com/news/feds-discover-highly-sophisticated-cross-border-tunnel-outside-yuma/article_cc6242f0-d838-11ea-8d6a-1f1b29ef2dca.html

 

Feds discover highly sophisticated cross-border tunnel outside Yuma

 

Special agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have discovered what they call "the most sophisticated [drug] tunnel in U.S. history" outside Yuma.

 

The smuggling tunnel begins in San Luis, Arizona, then stretches past the Mexican border into a neighborhood in Mexico.

 

Agents say the tunnel is 3 feet wide and 4 feet high and is highly sophisticated. It's equipped with a fully-developed ventilation system, water lines, electrical wiring, a rail system and extensive reinforcement.

 

"Homeland Security Investigations and our esteemed law enforcement partners swiftly and effectively worked together to uncover and dismantle a cross-border tunnel for smuggling purposes into the United States," said Scott Brown, HSI special agent in charge in Phoenix. "Despite the international pandemic, HSI and our law enforcement colleagues remains resilient and committed to pursuing dangerous criminal trans-border smuggling activities along the southwest border."

 

In mid-July, federal agents discovered a sinkhole along the U.S.-Mexico border between the primary and secondary border fences. HSI special agents responded to the area and observed that the sinkhole was in line with the area of an ongoing tunnel investigation.

 

On July 27, with the help of federal partners, border patrol agents began drilling near the sinkhole. During the drilling, pieces of wood and water hoses were found underground. Agents also noticed what appeared to be a void below.

 

A specialized camera was then deployed 25 feet underground to investigate the gap, and agents discovered the tunnel.

 

โ€œThis appears to be the most sophisticated tunnel in U.S. history, and certainly the most sophisticated Iโ€™ve seen in my career,โ€ said Carl E Landrum, acting chief patrol agent, Yuma Sector.

 

San Luis is located in the southwest corner of the state, south of Yuma and right at the Arizona-Mexico border.