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🤷🏿♂️ ‘There’s No There There’: What the TikTok Deal Achieved
“The deal puts more control of TikTok into the hands of Americans, with four of the five members of the new entity’s board being American. Oracle would also oversee the app and could verify the security of TikTok’s code and any updates.”
“But the agreement does not deliver on Mr. Trump’s original demand of a full sale of TikTok and it does not eliminate China from the mix. Under the initial terms, ByteDance still controls 80 percent of TikTok Global, two people with knowledge of the situation have said, though details may change. ByteDance’s chief executive, Zhang Yiming, will also be on the company’s board of directors, said a third person. And the government did not provide specifics about how the deal would answer its security concerns about TikTok.”
“Security experts said the national security threat posed by TikTok and other Chinese tech companies was certainly worthy of examination. Chinese law forces companies to cooperate with the government on national intelligence work, and officials from both parties in the United States said there was a risk that Beijing could access Americans’ sensitive data.”
“Yet the lack of specifics on how the new TikTok Global would handle national security concerns raised new questions on Sunday.”
(New York Times)
🏛 U.S. judge halts Trump administration's order to remove WeChat from app stores
“A U.S. judge early Sunday blocked the Trump administration from requiring Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to remove Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat for downloads by late Sunday.”
“WeChat has had an average of 19 million daily active users in the United States, analytics firms Apptopia said in early August. It is popular among Chinese students, Americans living in China and some Americans who have personal or business relationships in China.”
Certainly the government’s overarching national-security interest is significant. But on this record — while the government has established that China’s activities raise significant national security concerns — it has put in scant little evidence that its effective ban of WeChat for all U.S. users addresses those concerns.
- U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler
(Reuters)
🚨 Trump weighs Barrett, Lagoa for Court seat
“As he put two men on the Supreme Court during his term, Trump also interviewed Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, according to two people familiar with the matter. Barrett is considered the leading contender because of her conservative credentials, Trump’s interest in picking a woman and the fact that she’s already been interviewed, according to four people familiar with the White House process.”
“But Trump is also considering at least two other women who he had not interviewed but emerged on his expanded list this month, according to four people familiar with the process. One is former Florida Supreme Court Justice Barbara Lagoa, now a federal appeals court judge who is Cuban American, who has the strong backing of Trump ally Gov. Ron DeSantis and whose nomination could support Trump’s efforts to win Florida this fall.”
“Another is Allison Jones Rushing, an appeals court judge in her late 30s who would be among the youngest justices ever to serve on the court, ensuring a conservative in the seat for even longer than others.”
(POLITICO)
📺 Here's Every Black Winner At The Emmys 2020
From Maya Rudolph’s portrayal of Kamala Harris on Saturday Night Live to Dave Chappelle’s Sticks & Stones, Essence has the list.
We’ll review some of the winners and their significance over the coming week.