Tablets out, imagination in: the schools that shun technology (2015)
In the heart of Silicon Valley is a nine-classroom school where employees of tech giants Google, Apple and Yahoo send their children. But despite its location in America’s digital centre, there is not an iPad, smartphone or screen in sight.
There is a lot of information by the Index of Censorship on the Chinese Communist Party's subversion of freedom in Europe if interested.
If you want to join public forums on Briar, you may find this site interesting.
Edit: The person in the link is not me, just to be clear about that.
It works great, but it's probably not the app for everyday use. It syncs via Tor, and if the internet is down, it syncs via WiFi or Bluetooth which means you can communicate even when natural disasters destroyed the infrastructure or in war-torn areas. For these special use cases of journalists, activists or humanitarian aid workers it is perfect.
Yes, and full tracability might come with the CBDC.
Thanks for this. As for my side, I'm afraid my Polish has too much potential to read this 😁 but it's great that such initiatives exist. We defintitely needed more of them. But maybe I should stop complaining and start my own small blog together with a couple of peers as we have been discussing for some time 😇
History may teach me wrong, but I think that won't change much. Musk will still make the major decisions. It's only that it may happen behind tbe scenes.
Fair. The article is not specifically about TikTok, though. For example, it mentions the case of Whitney Duan and her ex-husband (here's an article about it) who wrote a book about that topic. One book review reads:
The Chinese Communist Party depicted in Shum’s firsthand account is the epitome of capitalist excess, with the sons and daughters of high-ranking party officials going on global shopping and gambling sprees, spending the vast sums their parents and relatives amassed through rampant corruption, influence-peddling, ruthless political maneuvering and backstabbing.
But just read the book yourself.
dont think its controversial to think that governement officials shouldnt have any form of social media on their government issued phones. Its insane that governements have worse digital practices than a lot of mid size businesses
Yes. And what makes this thread even more weird is the fact that Tiktok is not even available in China. ByteDance offers a similar service, Douyin, that looks and works just like it, but the Western version is unavailable, and not just for government officials but the entire population.
Furthermore, a lot of other social media is blocked in China not just for officials but for the entire population, e.g., Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat and many others. Not that I think these apps are needed, I just don't understand the critics for blocking Tiktok here.
... an attempt to take over the territorial waters of other countries
Sometimes this appears to happen in somewhat irritating ways as reports say: Micronesia's President David Panuelo has accused China of making 'direct threats against my personal safety'
National cybersecurity agency deems TikTok a threat to Czechia
The Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB) has today warned Czechs against downloading the Chinese video application TikTok. It has labeled the app a “security threat” and said the public should “think twice” before using it.
Danish public broadcaster advises staff against using TikTok
It is doable, but the parents must contribute to that.