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Where Illinois politicians stand on Palestine

I sent a letter to Senator Tammy Duckworth today. Illinois is a solidly blue state, and I've dutifully voted blue no matter who since I started voting. Droves of people here have been writing to her and our Congressional Representatives, begging them to support a ceasefire, and all we will get back is a canned party-line response about Israel's right to "self defense" and the need to eradicate Hamas.

They are able to do this, to disregard the outrage of their constituency, because they feel certain that no matter how many letters we send, we will show up and vote for them when the time comes. They are certain their actions have no consequences, and even if they did, they would tell us that it's all our fault for failing in our democratic duty to vote.

Senator Dick Durban received about $154.5k from Israeli lobby groups. He has publicly called for ceasefire anyway. Their money was not worth a genocide.

Senator Tammy Duckworth received over $212k from Israeli lobby groups. She refuses to call for ceasefire. This was her going rate to enable genocide.

In my letter, I told her that I could not see pictures of dead Palestinian babies and turn around and vote for someone, like her, who had their blood on her hands. I told her that "vote blue" cannot extend to genocide. My ethics do not stretch this far.

14/17 representatives for the state of Illinois are Democrats. Of these, only 5 have called for ceasefire.

Jonathan Jackson: $3k from Israeli lobby groups. He has publicly called for ceasefire anyway. Their money was not worth a genocide.

Robin Kelly: $21.5k from Israeli lobby groups. She refuses to call for ceasefire. This was her going rate to enable genocide.

Delia Ramirez: $0 from Israeli lobby groups. She has publicly called for ceasefire. They knew she could not be bought.

Jesus "Chuy" Garcia: $0 from Israeli lobby groups. He has publicly called for ceasefire. They knew he could not be bought.

Mike Quigley: $43.5k from Israeli lobby groups. He refuses to call for ceasefire. This was his going rate to enable genocide.

Sean Casten: $61.5k from Israeli lobby groups. He refuses to call for ceasefire. This was his going rate to enable genocide.

Danny Davis: $0 from Israeli lobby groups. Yet he refuses to call for ceasefire. You can have his cowardice for free.

Raja Krishnamoorthi: $61.5k from Israeli lobby groups. He refuses to call for ceasefire. This was his going rate to enable genocide.

Jan Schakowsky: $58.5k from Israeli lobby groups. She has publicly called for ceasefire anyway. Their money was not worth a genocide.

Brad Schneider: $54k from Israeli lobby groups. He refuses to call for ceasefire. This was his going rate to enable genocide.

Bill Foster: $65.5k from Israeli lobby groups. He refuses to call for ceasefire. This was his going rate to enable genocide.

Mike Bost is a Republican. $14.5k and obviously no ceasefire talk. He will not be moved.

Nikki Budzinski: $25.5k from Israeli lobby groups. She refuses to call for ceasefire. This was her going rate to enable genocide.

Lauren Underwood: $0 from Israeli lobby groups. She has publicly called for ceasefire. They knew she could not be bought.

Mary Miller is a Republican. $0 - they don't even have to pay her to toe the party line. She will not be moved.

Darin LaHood is a Republican. $27.5k and obviously no ceasefire talk. He will not be moved.

Eric Sorenson: $0 from Israeli lobby groups. Yet he refuses to call for ceasefire. You can have his cowardice for free.

The Republicans will be trash regardless, but we cannot let our Democrats skate by thinking there are no consequences for supporting a genocide. They are slaughtering people with your tax dollars, Americans. It's time to get serious. It's time to tell these people that they cannot have our votes for free. It's time to start talking about primary opposition and third party voting. It's time to start exercising our power as voting citizens.

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Hands Off My Social Media!

by Norman Singleton | Nov 4, 2024

Democrats have found a new superstar to help get out the progressive vote: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan. Khan has done town halls with Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Mark Pocan (D-WI), Senate candidate and current Representative Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

Khan’s appearances are official government events—not campaign rallies. However, politicians would not appear at an event in an election year unless they where sure it would appeal to a key constituency. It may seem odd that politicians would consider it helpful to appear with an FTC chair. However, Lina Khan is no ordinary agency head. Khan has been a star in progressive circles since, while still a law student, she penned “Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox.” This article argued that the rise of Big Tech companies like Amazon and Google required government to take a more aggressive approach to antitrust. Khan has brought high-profile antitrust cases against Amazon and META (parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and What’s App), as well as attempts to block mergers and acquisitions in areas ranging from  handbags to grocery stores.

Khan advocates a “holistic” approach to antitrust that recognizes how “workers and independent businesses, in addition to consumers, can be harmed by antitrust and consumer protection violations.” She has also called for the FTC to consider how certain business practices can help facilitate antitrust violations. This holistic approach gives federal antitrust enforcers justification for second-guessing almost any decision made by almost any American business.

The FTC chair has a number of fans on the “populist-nationalist” right. These “Khanservatives” want Republicans to embrace a Lina Khan-like approach to antitrust. Khanservatives want to use antitrust to punish Big Tech for manipulating their algorithms to suppress conservative news and opinions. Some Khanservatives believe the Big Tech companies influenced the outcome of the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.

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Supreme Court, U.S FILED In The OCT 2 2022 Supreme Court ofthe United States  RALAND J BRUNSON, Petitioner,

Named persons in their capacities as United States House Representatives: ALMA S. ADAMS; PETE AGUILAR; COLIN Z. ALLRED; MARK E. AMODEI; KELLY ARMSTRONG; JAKE AUCHINCLOSS; CYNTHIA AXNE; DON BACON; TROY BALDERSON; ANDY BARR; NANETTE DIAZ BARRAGAN; KAREN BASS; JOYCE BEATTY; AMI BERA; DONALD S. BEYER JR.; GUS M. ILIRAKIS; SANFORD D. BISHOP JR.; EARL BLUMENAUER; LISA BLUNT ROCHESTER; SUZANNE BONAMICI; CAROLYN BOURDEAUX; JAMAAL BOWMAN; BRENDAN F. BOYLE; KEVIN BRADY; ANTHONY G. BROWN; JULIA BROWNLEY; VERN BUCHANAN; KEN BUCK; LARRY BUCSHON; CORI BUSH; CHERI BUSTOS; G. K. BUTTERFIELD; SALUD 0. CARBAJAL; TONY CARDENAS; ANDRE CARSON; MATT CARTWRIGHT; ED CASE; SEAN CASTEN; KATHY CASTOR; JOAQUIN CASTRO; LIZ CHENEY; JUDY CHU; DAVID N. CICILLINE; KATHERINE M. CLARK; YVETTE D. CLARKE; EMANUEL CLEAVER; JAMES E. CLYBURN; STEVE COHEN; JAMES COMER; GERALD E. CONNOLLY; JIM COOPER; J. LUIS CORREA; JIM COSTA; JOE COURTNEY; ANGIE CRAIG; DAN CRENSHAW; CHARLIE CRIST; JASON CROW; HENRY CUELLAR; JOHN R. CURTIS; SHARICE DAVIDS; DANNY K. DAVIS; RODNEY DAVIS; MADELEINE DEAN; PETER A. DEFAZIO; DIANA DEGETTE; ROSAL DELAURO; SUZAN K. DELBENE; Ill ANTONIO DELGADO; VAL BUTLER DEMINGS; MARK DESAULNIER; THEODORE E. DEUTCH; DEBBIE DINGELL; LLOYD DOGGETT; MICHAEL F. DOYLE; TOM EMMER; VERONICA ESCOBAR; ANNA G. ESHOO; ADRIANO ESPAILLAT; DWIGHT EVANS; RANDY FEENSTRA; A. DREW FERGUSON IV; BRIAN K. FITZPATRICK; LIZZIE LETCHER; JEFF FORTENBERRY; BILL FOSTER; LOIS FRANKEL; MARCIA L. FUDGE; MIKE GALLAGHER; RUBEN GALLEGO; JOHN GARAMENDI; ANDREW R. GARBARINO; SYLVIA R. GARCIA; JESUS G. GARCIA; JARED F. GOLDEN; JIMMY GOMEZ; TONY GONZALES; ANTHONY GONZALEZ; VICENTE GONZALEZ; JOSH GOTTHEIMER; KAY GRANGER; AL GREEN; RAUL M. GRIJALVA; GLENN GROTHMAN; BRETT GUTHRIE; DEBRA A. HAALAND; JOSH HARDER; ALCEE L. HASTINGS; JAHANA HAYES; JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER; BRIAN HIGGINS; J. FRENCH HILL; JAMES A. HIMES; ASHLEY HINSON; TREY HOLLINGSWORTH; STEVEN HORSFORD; CHRISSY HOULAHAN; STENY H. HOYER; JARED HUFFMAN; BILL HUIZENGA; SHEILA JACKSON LEE; SARA JACOBS; PRAMILA JAYAPAL; HAKEEM S. JEFFRIES; DUSTY JOHNSON; EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON; HENRY C. JOHNSON JR.; MONDAIRE JONES; DAVID P. JOYCE; KAIALPI KAHELE; MARCY KAPTUR; JOHN KATKO; WILLIAM R. KEATING; RO KHANNA; DANIEL T. KILDEE; DEREK KILMER; ANDY KIM; YOUNG KIM; RON KIND; ADAM KINZINGER; ANN KIRKPATRICK; RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI; ANN M. KUSTER; DARIN LAHOOD; CONOR LAMB; JAMES R. LANGEVIN; RICK LARSEN; JOHN B. LARSON; ROBERT E. LATTA; JAKE LATURNER; BRENDA L. LAWRENCE; AL LAWSON JR.; BARBARA LEE; SUSIE LEE; TERESA LEGER FERNANDEZ; ANDY LEVIN; MIKE LEVIN; TED LIEU; IV ZOE LOFGREN; ALAN S.LOWENTHAL; ELAINE G. LURIA; STEPHEN F. LYNCH; NANCY MACE; TOM MALINOWSKI; CAROLYN B. MALONEY; SEAN PATRICK MALONEY; KATHY E. MANNING; THOMAS MASSIE; DORIS 0. MATSUI; LUCY MCBATH; MICHAEL T. MCCAUL; TOM MCCLINTOCK; BETTY MCCOLLUM; A. ADONALD MCEACHIN; JAMES P. MCGOVERN; PATRICK T. MCHENRY; DAVID B. MCKINLEY; JERRY MCNERNEY; GREGORY W. MEEKS; PETER MEIJER; GRACE MENG; KWEISI MFUME; MARIANNETTE MILLER-MEEKS; JOHN R. MOOLENAAR; BLAKE D. MOORE; GWEN MOORE; JOSEPH D. MORELLE; SETH MOULTON; FRANK J. MRVAN; STEPHANIE N. MURPHY; JERROLD NADLER; GRACE F. NAPOLITANO; RICHARD E. NEAL; JOE NEGUSE; DAN NEWHOUSE; MARIE NEWMAN; DONALD NORCROSS; ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ; TOM O'HALLERAN; ILHAN OMAR; FRANK PALLONE JR.; JIMMY PANETTA; CHRIS PAPPAS; BILL PASCRELL JR.; DONALD M. PAYNE JR.; NANCY PELOSI; ED PERLMUTTER; SCOTT H. PETERS; DEAN PHILLIPS; CHELLIE PINGREE; MARK POCAN; KATIE PORTER; AYANNA PRESSLEY; DAVID E. PRICE; MIKE QUIGLEY; JAMIE RASKIN; TOM REED; KATHLEEN M. RICE; CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS; DEBORAH K. ROSS; CHIP ROY; LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD; RAUL RUIZ; C. A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER; BOBBY L. RUSH; TIM RYAN; LINDA T. SANCHEZ; JOHN P. SARBANES; MARY GAY SCANLON; JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY; ADAM B. SCHIFF; BRADLEY SCOTT SCHNEIDER; KURT SCHRADER; KIM SCHRIER; AUSTIN SCOTT; DAVID SCOTT; ROBERT C. SCOTT; TERRI A. SEWELL; BRAD SHERMAN; MIKIE SHERRILL; MICHAEL K. SIMPSON; ALBIO SIRES; ELISSA SLOTKIN; ADAM SMITH; CHRISTOPHER H. V SMITH; DARREN SOTO; ABIGAIL DAVIS SPANBERGER; VICTORIA SPARTZ; JACKIE SPEIER; GREG STANTON; PETE STAUBER; MICHELLE STEEL; BRYAN STEIL; HALEY M. STEVENS; STEVE STIVERS; MARILYN STRICKLAND; THOMAS R. SUOZZI; ERIC SWALWELL; MARK TAKANO; VAN TAYLOR; BENNIE G. THOMPSON; MIKE THOMPSON; DINA TITUS; RASHIDA TLAIB; PAUL TONKO; NORMA J. TORRES; RITCHIE TORRES; LORI TRAHAN; DAVID J. TRONE; MICHAEL R. TURNER; LAUREN UNDERWOOD; FRED UPTON; JUAN VARGAS; MARC A. VEASEY; FILEMON VELA; NYDIA M. VELAZQUEZ; ANN WAGNER; MICHAEL WALTZ; DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ; MAXINE WATERS; BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN; PETER WELCH; BRAD R. WENSTRUP; BRUCE WESTERMAN; JENNIFER WEXTON; SUSAN WILD; NIKEMA WILLIAMS; FREDERICA S. WILSON; STEVE WOMACK; JOHN A. YARMUTH; DON YOUNG; the following persons named are for their capacities as U.S. Senators; TAMMY BALDWIN; JOHN BARRASSO; MICHAEL F. 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(Source: Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2024/tiktok-ban-house-vote/)

All 435 seats in the House are on the ballot in November.

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), who chairs the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party is a lead author of the bill.

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), who also worked on the bill, described the calls to reps from their constituents opposing the bill as a "public relations stunt."

A Democratic Rep's office said that the experience of being contacted by the people whom they have been elected to represent "was so bad we had to turn off the phones."

The most popular overall social media sites are Facebook (Myanmar genocide, voter manipulation, etc), YouTube (Alt-right pipeline), and Instagram (CSM, youth mental health).

The majority of TikTok users are 18 - 34.

S.686 - RESTRICT Act

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[ad_1] Some good news for the Democrats: Indian-origin Democratic Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi was re-elected to the US House of Representatives, representing Illinois’ 8th Congressional District, for the fifth consecutive term.  Krishnamoorthi, born in New Delhi, won the election against Republican candidate Mark Rice. Krishnamoorthi played a crucial part in urging the Indian American community to come out and vote for Harris-Walz.  He visited several places of worship, including a Hindu temple, and participated in a South Asian American town hall with Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Senate candidate. Who Is Raja Krishnamoorthi? Krishnamoorthi’s parents, hailed from Tamil Nadu, and he was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2016.  Raised in Peoria, Illinois, Krishnamoorthi went to Princeton University to study mechanical engineering and graduated from Harvard Law School.  He resides in Schaumburg, Illinois, with his wife, Priya, a physician, and their three children. In February 2023, Krishnamoorthi was appointed as Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Krishnamoorthi also serves on the Intelligence and Oversight Committees, is Vice-Chair of the Equality Caucus, Co-Chair of CAPAC’s Immigration Task Force, and founded bipartisan caucuses focused on youth vaping and solar energy. In August 2024, Krishnamoorthi had condemned the violence in Bangladesh. Krishnamoorthi urged Secretary of State Tony Blinken to engage directly with the interim Bangladeshi government to end these attacks. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] Some good news for the Democrats: Indian-origin Democratic Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi was re-elected to the US House of Representatives, representing Illinois’ 8th Congressional District, for the fifth consecutive term.  Krishnamoorthi, born in New Delhi, won the election against Republican candidate Mark Rice. Krishnamoorthi played a crucial part in urging the Indian American community to come out and vote for Harris-Walz.  He visited several places of worship, including a Hindu temple, and participated in a South Asian American town hall with Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Senate candidate. Who Is Raja Krishnamoorthi? Krishnamoorthi’s parents, hailed from Tamil Nadu, and he was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2016.  Raised in Peoria, Illinois, Krishnamoorthi went to Princeton University to study mechanical engineering and graduated from Harvard Law School.  He resides in Schaumburg, Illinois, with his wife, Priya, a physician, and their three children. In February 2023, Krishnamoorthi was appointed as Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Krishnamoorthi also serves on the Intelligence and Oversight Committees, is Vice-Chair of the Equality Caucus, Co-Chair of CAPAC’s Immigration Task Force, and founded bipartisan caucuses focused on youth vaping and solar energy. In August 2024, Krishnamoorthi had condemned the violence in Bangladesh. Krishnamoorthi urged Secretary of State Tony Blinken to engage directly with the interim Bangladeshi government to end these attacks. [ad_2] Source link

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U.S. Elections 2024 results: Suhas Subramanyam wins Congressional race from Virginia

Virginia State Senator Suhas Subramanyam joins the Samosa Caucus in the Congress that currently comprises five Indian Americans — Ami Bera, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ro Khanna, Pramila Jayapal and Shri Thanedar. | Photo Credit: AP Suhas Subramanyam created history by becoming the first Indian American to be elected from Virginia and the entire East Coast. Running for the U.S. House of Representatives…

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Allison Janowski at DNC:

5:30 PM Call to Order Minyon Moore Chair of the 2024 Democratic National Convention Committee Gavel In The Honorable Veronica Escobar Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Texas Invocation Everett Kelly National President of the American Federation of Government Employees Imam Muhammad Abdul-Aleem Masjidullah Mosque, West Oak Lane, PA Presentation of Colors Illinois State Police Honor Guard Pledge of Allegiance Luna Maring 6th Grader from Oakland, California Welcome Remarks The Honorable Veronica Escobar Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Texas Joint Remarks Becky Pringle President of the National Education Association Randi Weingarten President of the American Federation of Teachers Remarks The Honorable Alex Padilla United States Senator, California

6:00 PM

Remarks The Honorable Marcia L. Fudge Former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Remarks The Honorable Ted W. Lieu Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, California Remarks The Honorable Tammy Baldwin United States Senator, Wisconsin Remarks The Honorable Katherine Clark U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Whip Remarks The Honorable Joe Neguse U.S. House of Representatives Assistant Democratic Leader Remarks The Honorable Leonardo Williams Mayor of Durham, North Carolina Remarks The Honorable Raja Krishnamoorthi Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois Remarks The Honorable Bob Casey United States Senator, Pennsylvania Remarks The Honorable Elizabeth Warren United States Senator, Massachusetts Remarks: “Project 2025—Chapter Four: Making America Weaker and Less Secure” The Honorable Jason Crow Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Colorado Remarks The Honorable Elissa Slotkin Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan Remarks The Honorable Pat Ryan Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, New York Remarks Reverend Al Sharpton Civil rights leader Joint Remarks from representatives of “the Central Park Five” The Honorable Dr. Yusef Salaam Member of the New York City Council Korey Wise Activist Raymond Santana Activist Kevin Richardson Activist

7:00 PM

Joint Remarks Amy Resner Former prosecutor and friend of Vice President Harris Karrie Delaney Director of Federal Affairs at the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network Lisa Madigan Former Attorney General of Illinois Marc H. Morial President of the National Urban League Nathan Hornes Former student at Corinthian Colleges Tristan Snell Former New York State Assistant Attorney General Remarks The Honorable Maura Healey Governor of Massachusetts Remarks Courtney Baldwin Youth organizer and human trafficking survivor Remarks The Honorable Deb Haaland Remarks John Russell Content creator Remarks The Honorable Maxwell Alejandro Frost Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Florida Remarks The Honorable Colin Allred Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Texas Joint Remarks on “A New American Chapter” Anya Cook, Florida Craig Sicknick, New Jersey Gail DeVore, Colorado Juanny Romero, Nevada Eric, Christian, and Carter Fitts, North Carolina

8:00 PM

National Anthem The Chicks Host Introduction Kerry Washington Joint Remarks Meena Harris Ella Emhoff Helena Hudlin Remarks D.L. Hughley Remarks The Honorable Chris Swanson Sheriff of Genesee County, Michigan A Conversation on Gun Violence The Honorable Lucy McBath Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Georgia Joined by Abbey Clements of Newton, Connecticut, Kim Rubio of Uvalde, Texas, Melody McFadden of Charleston, South Carolina, and Edgar Vilchez of Chicago, Illinois. Remarks The Honorable Gabrielle Giffords Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Arizona Performance P!NK Remarks The Honorable Mark Kelly United States Senator, Arizona Remarks The Honorable Leon E. Panetta Former United States Secretary of Defense Remarks The Honorable Ruben Gallego Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Arizona Remarks The Honorable Gretchen Whitmer Governor of Michigan

9:00 PM

Remarks Eva Longoria American actress and film producer Remarks The Honorable Adam Kinzinger Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois Remarks Maya Harris Remarks The Honorable Roy Cooper Governor of North Carolina Remarks The Honorable Kamala Harris Vice President of the United States

The speakers list for the 4th and final night of the DNC is here. The main speaker is Vice President and Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

There could be a surprise guest or two.

Other notable speakers: Elizabeth Warren, Gretchen Whitmer, Ted Lieu, Tammy Baldwin, Al Sharpton, Roy Cooper, Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly, and Maxwell Alejandro Frost

Performers: The Chicks, P!nk.

Illinois: Lisa Madigan, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Adam Kinzinger

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Tick Tock, TikTok

Earlier this week, Representatives Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi introduced a bill aimed at addressing national security concerns arising from foreign ownership of social media apps. The bill aims to compel ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, to sell the platform to American entities. This move is intended to prevent the potential transfer of U.S. user data to China, where the Chinese Communist Party (C.C.P.) could theoretically access it for political purposes.

The House is set to vote on a potential ban of TikTok to safeguard U.S. national security from threats posed by foreign-controlled applications, including TikTok and any future offerings from ByteDance Ltd. or its subsidiaries.

While data access of this nature may not be a primary concern for most TikTok users, there exists a hypothetical risk that Chinese government operatives could exploit TikTok user data to identify government employees and their families, potentially using it as leverage to influence those users.

This concern has led to TikTok being banned on government devices in nearly every Western nation. For instance, there's a scenario where a high-ranking diplomat's child posts controversial content, which could be accessed by the C.C.P.

However, there is currently no evidence to suggest direct access by the Chinese government to TikTok data. TikTok maintains that it operates independently and would not be required to share such information at any stage.

The bill takes a two-pronged approach. Firstly, it mandates that ByteDance Ltd., headquartered in Beijing, divests from TikTok and other controlled applications within 180 days of the bill's enactment, or face prohibition in the United States. Secondly, it establishes a specific process enabling the executive branch to block access to apps owned by foreign adversaries if they pose a national security threat.

Former President Donald Trump previously attempted to ban TikTok through executive order, but the courts blocked the action after TikTok sued, arguing that such actions would violate free speech and due process rights.

Despite security concerns, President Biden's reelection campaign has embraced TikTok as a means to engage with young voters. However, his administration continues to raise concerns about whether the popular social media app might be sharing user data with the Chinese government.

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In a significant move, a bipartisan House committee unanimously approved the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, potentially leading to the exclusion of TikTok from U.S. app stores. This legislation, introduced by Representatives Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi, garnered a 50-0 vote, igniting debates on constitutional rights and national security. Background of the Bill: The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, initiated this month, is gaining momentum. The bipartisan support behind the bill raises concerns about TikTok, owned by ByteDance, as the legislation aims to bar the app's availability on Apple and Google app stores in the U.S. Specifics of the Legislation: If enacted, the bill necessitates ByteDance to divest TikTok within 180 days of its enactment. Failure to comply would result in a ban on new downloads of the app. On a broader scale, the legislation empowers the White House to restrict access to apps owned by foreign adversaries if they pose a threat to national security. TikTok's Response and Constitutional Concerns: TikTok swiftly responded to the bill's advancement, asserting that it infringes on the constitutional rights of 170 million Americans. The platform's statement emphasizes the potential damage to businesses, the denial of audience to artists, and the disruption of countless creators' livelihoods across the country. ACLU's Critique of the Bill: The ACLU condemned the proposed legislation, criticizing elected officials for potentially compromising First Amendment rights for political gain. The statement underscores the importance of platforms like TikTok for individuals to share thoughts, ideas, and opinions globally, spanning from cooking tutorials to livestreaming protests. White House Involvement and President Biden's Stance: The White House, involved in drafting the bill, hints at potential revisions. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre acknowledged that the legislation requires further refinement before President Joe Biden could consider endorsing it, indicating ongoing complexities in the decision-making process. TikTok's Influence in Hollywood: TikTok's impact on Hollywood remains undeniable. HBO CEO Casey Bloys acknowledges the platform's role in keeping shows in the cultural conversation, underscoring the ecosystem of discussion, criticism, and praise facilitated by the app. Recent TikTok Successes: Highlighting TikTok's cultural influence, recent examples include the Barbenheimer trend and the song "Anyone But You." While the latter faced critical failure, its popularity on TikTok showcases the app's ability to propel content into the limelight. FAQs: Q1: What is the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act? A1: It's legislation aiming to restrict apps owned by foreign adversaries, potentially excluding TikTok from U.S. app stores. Q2: How does the bill impact TikTok users and creators? A2: If enacted, TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, must divest within 180 days, or the app faces a ban on new downloads, affecting users and creators. Q3: What constitutional concerns does TikTok raise in response to the bill? A3: TikTok argues that the bill infringes on the constitutional right to free expression for millions of Americans and disrupts various businesses. Q4: Why is the ACLU critical of the proposed legislation? A4: The ACLU condemns elected officials for potentially sacrificing First Amendment rights for political gain, asserting the importance of platforms like TikTok. Q5: How is TikTok influencing Hollywood, according to HBO's CEO? A5: TikTok plays a crucial role in keeping shows in the cultural conversation, creating an ecosystem for discussion, criticism, and praise, as noted by HBO CEO Casey Bloys.

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Politics | With High Profile Politicians Present, IAIP Event Explores Political Engagement | India West

Politics - The Indian American Impact Project brought on June 6 brought together over 350 South Asian American attendees from across the country for its 2023 summit and gala, ‘Next 100 Years’ featuring distinguished guests such as Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, civil rights activist Valarie Kaur, Mayor Aftab Pureval, Senators Chuck Schumer and Cory Booker, U.S. Representatives Hakeem Jeffries, Pramila Jayapal, Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi, and Shri Thanedar.

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China Isn’t Buying Biden’s Balancing Act! Antony Blinken’s Frosty Reception Demonstrates the Limits of Washington’s China Strategy.

— By Robbie Gramer | June 20, 2023 | Foreign Policy

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second from the left, attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, sitting at the head of the table, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19. Leah Millis/POOL/AFP Via Getty Images

When U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stepped down from his plane on Chinese soil over the weekend, he was greeted with a chilly reception that set the tone for a series of tense and high-stakes meetings between the world’s two superpowers.

He was greeted at the plane by a midlevel Chinese official (as well as U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns), seen as a calculated diplomatic snub by Beijing. What followed was a series of tense public exchanges and hourslong closed-door meetings with his counterparts—as well as a brief meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping—that showed that the Biden administration’s stated efforts to ease tensions with China aren’t making much headway.

But it’s little surprise that any olive branch might be spurned, given how Washington’s approach to China is hardening as it ramps up public and military support for Taiwan, works to create a new anti-China security architecture in the Asia-Pacific, and levies harsh new trade restrictions and sanctions on Beijing.

Blinken didn’t have much room to maneuver going into the visit, and the Biden administration’s efforts to simultaneously turn down the temperature and dial up the pressure illustrate the administration’s dilemma. Namely, the hard power confrontation against China is firing on all cylinders back in Washington, while at the same time the Biden administration says it wants to compete “responsibly” with China, cooperate on issues like climate change, and shield U.S. businesses from the fallout of great power competition. It’s not yet clear if the administration can do that, but what is clear is that China isn’t buying the strategy.

Xi seemingly rebuked the U.S. framing of responsibly managed competition between the two countries, declaring that said “major-country competition does not represent the trend of the times.”

Some of Biden’s most important allies on Capitol Hill still cheered the trip as a critically important step for managing tensions, and it’s also clear that the visit was also aimed at easing U.S. allies’ fears that Washington and Beijing may stumble from a new Cold War into a hot one.

“Overall it’s a promising restart to our dialogue, which is very much needed in order to stabilize the relationship,” said Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the top Democrat on the influential new House select committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “There is room to [ease tensions], provided that we are also undertaking sufficient preparations to deter conflict and aggression.”

Other experts, including former top Republican foreign-policy officials, said the trip didn’t achieve anything other than giving Beijing new ways to slight American officials on their home turf.

“This is a symptom of the old way of approaching China, where we thought, well, if we just keep asking them at the right level or in the right way, if we find the magic formula and the right person to talk to in their system, then we’ll get a different response,” said Kelley Currie, a former top State Department official during the Trump administration. “When we keep asking them to do these meetings—it tells them this is more important to us than it is to them, and they use it as leverage.”

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Reuters/Leah Millis

“The concern is not that there was a [Blinken-Xi] meeting at all—many recognize the need to engage with adversaries—but that the visit took place thanks to extensive lobbying on the part of the United States,” said Carrie Filipetti, the executive director of the Vandenberg Coalition, a conservative foreign-policy group. “That means we’re entering the discussion from a position of weakness when we need to be projecting strength.”

The practice of diplomacy rarely results in sweeping victories or stunning defeats, and this trip was no different. Even with low expectations, given the paltry state of U.S.-China relations, Blinken came away from the trip with a few tangible victories, including setting up a joint working group on tackling the fentanyl drug crisis and agreeing to expand “people-to-people” contacts, academic exchanges, and flights between the two countries.

But he failed to net any major wins on some of the most important issues nagging the U.S.-China relationship, such as getting China to publicly address arbitrarily detained Americans in China or the war in Ukraine. More worrisome, Blinken was unable to get China to agree to reestablish military channels of communication in the event of accidents or miscalculations. The risk only seems to be going up, after news of a Chinese fighter jet buzzing a U.S. surveillance plane flying over the South China Sea last month and China reportedly looking to build new military training and spy bases in Cuba.

“The fact that the Chinese declined to revive mil-mil channels is disappointing and worrisome. They apparently don’t buy into this framework at all,” Bonnie Glaser, a China expert at the German Marshall Fund, said on Twitter. “That begs the question, is it then possible to stabilize relations?”

Direct military lines between the United States and China are “essential for de-escalating potential crisis situations,” Krishnamoorthi said. “The CCP is wildly off-base if they think that a lack of military-to-military communications coupled with their dangerous maneuvers in the region is going to lead to self-deterrence,” he said. “I think it’s going to lead to the opposite.”

Refusing to reopen military channels could give Beijing more leverage over the United States, according to some experts. “In keeping Washington guessing, Beijing hopes U.S. policymakers think twice about taking any steps that could further destabilize the relationship,” said Craig Singleton, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a conservative-leaning think tank.

But this is precisely why Biden administration officials have touted the importance of such talks. They also say the fact the trip even happened is something of a minor diplomatic achievement—a bragging point that only underscores the dismal state of bilateral ties.

Chinese officials were infuriated by Blinken’s decision to cancel his first visit to China earlier this year, after they were caught floating spy balloons above U.S. soil, leading China to halt high-level talks with the United States. Beijing pushed the administration to send Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen or Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to Beijing first, before Blinken, according to several officials and congressional aides familiar with behind-the-scenes planning of the trip. China wanted talks focused on the economy first, but the Biden administration insisted on sending Blinken, since unlike some of his counterparts, he could address the full scope of hang-ups in U.S.-China relations, including human rights, military tensions, and the war in Ukraine. Beijing eventually relented.

Prior to Blinken, “no secretary of state had been to China in five years. That’s an extraordinary period,” said Evan Medeiros, a professor at Georgetown University and former National Security Council official during the Obama administration. “I think there’s probably a lot of misunderstanding, misperception that has accumulated in that time period.”

A key marker of whether Blinken’s trip will have any diplomatic staying power is whether China will continue to engage in high-level talks with their U.S. counterparts. Blinken and Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang plan to schedule a reciprocal visit to Washington, and other top U.S. officials, including Raimondo, Yellen, and U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry, are expected to follow suit with their own trips to Beijing. Biden administration officials are also hoping the renewal of talks will convince Xi to attend a major gathering of Asia-Pacific leaders at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco in November.

“At the moment, the core goal isn’t to restore trust,” said Scott Kennedy, a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “It is to restore a sense of frankness and honesty and credibility on both sides that allows them to still interact despite the very low levels of trust that they have.”

— By Robbie Gramer, a diplomacy and national security reporter at Foreign Policy, and Christina Lu, a reporter at Foreign Policy.

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Is YouTube OK for kids to watch

Others have had comparative stories. Courtney, a mother whose last name is being kept to safeguard her youngster's protection, told Recode that in 2019, pcfielders.com YouTube Children autoplay drove her 6-year-old little girl to a vivified video that energized self destruction."First I thought it was an extraordinary application," Courtney said. "That is the way things were for some time until we tracked down that horrendous video."

Now and again, the framework can simply prompt substance that is bad quality. Benjamin Burroughs, a teacher of media at the College of Nevada Las Vegas, says his 2-year-old child is knowledgeable in utilizing the receiver based voice search in YouTube Children. His youngster says words like "ball" and "stunt" to find stunt shot recordings and recordings from Fella Great, a games channel that he enjoys.

"That simply leads down a way of this sort of marked content through these and family video blogs that get auto-produced for youngsters," Burroughs says of the autoplay highlight, noticing that kids can turn out to be presented to what has all the earmarks of being marked substance that isn't plainly named as publicizing.

That YouTube Children has a substance balance issue isn't news. In any case, specialists told Recode that without an approach to for all time switch off autoplay, clients of YouTube Children have even less command over the substance their kids see."Safeguarding children and families is a first concern for us.

We make a solid effort to guarantee the recordings in YouTube Children are age-proper, and immediately eliminate recordings disregarding our strategies when hailed by clients," a YouTube representative told Recode. YouTube eliminated five of a few recordings hailed by Recode from the Children application.

In the interim, YouTube is chipping away at porting much more standard YouTube content into YouTube Children. In February, the organization said it will add a component to permit parent account holders to move recordings and channels from normal YouTube into the YouTube Children application, adding to how much satisfied as of now present.

Sometime thereafter, the organization likewise said it's trying a directed Google account highlight that would permit guardians to open their kids to a greater amount of normal YouTube step by step.Some invite the change from YouTube. "YouTube Children's constrained autoplay capability expanded kids' experience on the application and prompted their openness to more vacuous substance.

I'm satisfied that YouTube answered one of the central worries I brought up in my examination, and is changing this element accordingly," Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi told Recode. "Giving guardians more control will prompt improved results for our children."Precisely the way that YouTube Children will refresh the autoplay highlight is not yet clear.

Golin, of the Mission for a Business Free Youth, cautions if autoplay stays a choice, that the most secure choices should be YouTube Children's default setting. Adding a gainful choice that isn't the default setting can wind up adding another step that guardians may not decide to do, "particularly in these insane times."

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[ad_1] US secretary of state Antony Blinken has cancelled his weekend visit to China after the Pentagon said it discovered a Chinese spy balloon that has been flying over sensitive nuclear missile sites in the western state of Montana.The top US diplomat had been set to travel to Beijing where he had been expected to meet China’s president Xi Jinping. He would have been the first Biden administration cabinet secretary to visit China and the first secretary of state to travel to the country in more than five years.Speaking at the state department after cancelling his trip, Blinken said the presence of the Chinese balloon was an “irresponsible act” and a “clear violation of US sovereignty and international law”.“The People’s Republic of China’s decision to take this action on the eve of my planned visit is detrimental to the substantive discussions that we were prepared to have,” Blinken added.The about-face came after the Pentagon on Thursday said a Chinese spy balloon had entered US airspace this week and was flying over Montana, where one of the sensitive bases that house nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles is located. China on Friday rejected suggestions that it was a spy balloon, saying it is rather a “civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes” that deviated from its planned course because of winds and “limited self-steering capability”.“The Chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the airship into US airspace due to force majeure,” it said. The ministry added that China would continue communicating with the US and “properly handle this unexpected situation”.Pentagon spokesperson Brigadier General Patrick Ryder on Friday said the balloon was flying eastward and was over the centre of the US. He declined to say whether China’s military was in control of the balloon, but said US military commanders had determined it posed no physical threat to civilians on the ground.Asked about the China’s explanation, he said: “We know that it’s a surveillance balloon.” He said it would probably stay over the US for a few days. A senior state department official said Blinken spoke to Wang Yi, China’s top foreign policy official, on Friday to inform him that he was cancelling his trip, which was due to begin this weekend. The official said the administration had raised concerns about the balloon with China on Wednesday in Washington.“We’ve been crystal clear with our Chinese counterparts that this was an unacceptable and irresponsible incident,” said the official, who stressed that China had violated US sovereign airspace.US officials said China had previously flown spy balloons over the country but that this one spent more time overhead. The US said it had taken steps to ensure the balloon could not obtain sensitive military information. Canada separately said it was monitoring a “potential second incident” without providing any details. Its foreign ministry said it had summoned China’s ambassador to Ottawa to protest against the balloon and that it would “continue to vigorously express our position to Chinese officials through multiple channels”.Mike Gallagher, the Republican head of the new House China committee, and Raja Krishnamoorthi, the panel’s top Democrat, criticised Beijing over the incident, saying the Chinese Communist party “should not have on-demand access to American airspace”. Recommended “Not only is this a violation of American sovereignty . . . but it also makes clear that the CCP’s recent diplomatic overtures do not represent a substantive change in policy,” the lawmakers said in a joint statement.Michael McCaul, the top Republican on the House foreign affairs committee, told the Financial Times that the US should remove the balloon from its airspace. He said US officials had acknowledged they monitored the balloon since it flew over the Aleutian Islands where “it could have easily been shot down over water”.“Allowing it to remain over US soil not

only threatens the privacy of every American, but it sends a powerfully dangerous message to the Chinese Communist party and our other adversaries that this type of aggressive incursion is somehow acceptable,” he said. The discovery of the balloon has abruptly complicated an attempt by Washington and Beijing to stabilise their turbulent relationship. When US president Joe Biden met China’s Xi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali in November, the leaders agreed that the two military powers should attempt to set a floor under the relationship, which has sunk to its lowest level since the countries established diplomatic relations in 1979.Biden had asked the Pentagon to provide military options regarding the balloon but the administration ultimately decided not to shoot it down because of the risk to people on the ground, as well as its assessment that the balloon did not provide China with intelligence that it could not glean from other means, including from low Earth orbit satellites. [ad_2] Source link

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US to ban TikTok: Lawmakers introduce a Bill

This article on 'US lawmakers introduce a bill to ban TikTok: All you need to know' was written by Monika Yadav, an intern at Legal Upanishad.

Introduction

This article deals with the bill introduced by US legislation for the effective ban on the usage of social media platforms that create threats to the security of the nation as well as of individual data as the app operated by China (TikTok) has allegedly used the data and location of individual results in manipulation of the content the personal view on that particular app. Recently, on Tuesday a bill has been introduced in US Congress to prohibit such activities. In this article, we discuss the same in detail.

About the bill

Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida, on Tuesday, unveiled a bipartisan bill to outlaw the widely known TikTok online networking platform in China, growing demands on the app's founder ByteDance Ltd. following American concerns that the programme could be utilized for spying on or criticizing citizens. According to a press statement by Rubio's office, the measure would stop any transactions out of any social media platforms based in or influence by China and Russia. Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher and Democratic Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi are the sponsors of a guide bill within the U.S. House of Representatives. In response to a call for remark, ByteDance was silent right away. Gallagher compared the app to "digital fentanyl," saying that allowing it to continue operating in the United States would be similar to enabling the Soviet Union to acquire the New York Times, Washington Post, and significant telecast network services throughout the Cold War. The app is approximated to have one billion average monthly subscribers. In 2020, the previous president Donald Trump made an effort to prevent new U.S. consumers from installing WeChat & TikTok, which might have proficiently stopped the usage of these applications in the country, but he lost several legal challenges. Due to concerns that U.S. customer data would be transferred to China's communist government, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), a significant national security agency of the U.S. authorities, directed ByteDance to withdraw from TikTok in 2020. President Joe Biden authorized the Commerce Department to study the security issues raised by the applications after President Donald Trump dropped his executive orders which aimed to outlaw the downloading in June 2021.

US to ban TikTok: Lawmakers introduce a Bill

False statements with political overtones: US to Ban TikTok

The business might just have misinformed Congress regarding the amount of customer data it shared with China, according to issues expressed by House Republican representatives the previous month. Republican leaders upon that House's energy & commerce and inspection committees, Cathy McMorris Rodgers and James Comer, respectively, addressed TikTok to express their concerns about what they saw to be misleading material in the staff briefings. The Republican congressmen wrote to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew claiming that "some of the material TikTok gave throughout the staff briefing seems to be inaccurate or deceptive," besides that "TikTok somehow doesn't monitor U.S. customer locations." Republican lawmakers will take over the House next January, or the letter might be a precursor to the intense investigation that intends to give Chinese corporations. Because of worries about national security, several states, the majority of which are governed by Republicans, have recently banned the usage of TikTok on computers and mobile devices used by state governments, particularly Alabama and Utah from Monday. "Unsettlingly, TikTok collects enormous amounts of data, the majority of which carries no real relation to the app's purported function of video content. This intolerable susceptibility to Chinese espionage efforts is brought by the use of TikTok in conjunction with governmental IT infrastructure "Governor Kay Ivey of Alabama stated in a release. TikTok is prohibited on state-owned gadgets in Texas, Maryland, & South Dakota, among many other U.S. states. Indiana has indeed filed a lawsuit against the app, claiming that it misleads users regarding China's accessibility to their information and exposes kids to inappropriate material. A spokesman for TikTok expressed disappointment in the fact that "so many states are rushing on the trend to enact legislation based on unsubstantiated, politically tinged misinformation regarding TikTok" in a statement released on Monday.

The Director of the FBI is concerned about potential influence activities

Republican Brendan Carr, the federal communications commissioner, posted on Twitter claiming at least nine states had taken measures against TikTok "focused on the substantial security dangers it offers." In congressional testimony the previous month, FBI Director Chris Wray warned of the danger that the Chinese authorities may use the video-sharing software to manipulate users or take access to their gadgets. The Chinese government "may be able to exploit to manage data gathering on millions of individuals or manipulate the recommendation system, which could be utilized for impact activities," according to Wray, who listed the threats. He added that Beijing might be able to "manage programs on millions of gadgets” by using the app, allowing it the chance to "technically compromise” such gadgets. According to Vanessa Pappas, a TikTok executive, TikTok was "heading in the right direction towards that final deal with the U.S. authorities that will further secure U.S. user data and properly satisfy U.S. national security needs," she told Congress in September.

Conclusion

According to a June BuzzFeed News story, workers of ByteDance, the parent firm of TikTok, who are based in China, had access to private information about American users. TikTok admitted that Chinese staff members have some access to U.S. data but denied ever giving any to Chinese authorities. A number of states have already taken action to forbid TikTok use on equipment used by the government and the introduction of this bill is a big step by the United States Government to place a permanent ban on the use of TikTok.

Reference

- U.S. Lawmakers introduce bill to ban TikTok, Available at: https://www-cbc-ca.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/ (Accessed: December 15, 2022). - Olafimihan Oshin, Lawmakers introduce bill to ban TikTok in US, Available at: https://thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/thehill.com/policy/technology/3773695-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-ban-tiktok-in-us/amp/ (Accessed: December 15, 2022). - Brian Fung, US Lawmakers introduce bill to ban TikTok social media app, Available at: https://abc7chicago-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/abc7chicago.com/amp/tiktok-ban-in-us-marco-rubio-bytedance/ (Accessed: December 15, 2022). Read the full article