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TikTok’s run in the US over? The social media platform is trying its best to remain on smartphones in the States, but the US Government is working really hard to end its stranglehold on social media content creators.
Spotted on The Verge, TikTok is relying on its users to contact their local congress members as a bill calling for the app’s ban gains support in Congress.
The social media platform sent out a push notification warning users about the ban, claiming the government is trying to strip their constitutional rights from them.
Per The Verge:
TikTok sent users in the US a push notification on Wednesday, warning that “Congress is planning a total ban of TikTok” that would “[strip] 170 million Americans of their Constitutional right to free expression.”
The page says that a ban would “damage millions of businesses, destroy the livelihoods of countless creators across the country, and deny artists an audience.” The alert includes a way for users to find their representative and call their office.
The notification comes shortly after the White House expressed support for a bipartisan bill directed at TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance.
The bill — called the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act — is in response to the perceived national security risks of TikTok, particularly around how the company collects user data.
The bill would require that TikTok break off from ByteDance or risk being removed from app stores in the US.
The Irony
The White House’s support for the bill is ironic due to President Biden’s presence on the platform under the handle @BidenHQ.
Congress has been trying for years to ban the app, with some states successfully banning the app from government devices, and Montana became the first state to ban it successfully.
A judge put a halt on the ban, which is the subject of numerous court challenges. If the government is successful in passing the ban, the American Civil Liberties Union is already pointing out that it will be a violation of the First Amendment.
TikTok has been having a rough year, with UMG (Universal Music Group) pulling music off the platform after both entities did not extend their licensing agreement.
It sounds like TikTok is in danger. There’s always Instagram Reels. Just saying.
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Aliens are real, allegedly. During a recent Congressional hearing, three witnesses dropped some bombshell testimony that should have shaken the entire planet to the core, but on Twitter, it just meant more jokes and a ton of meh reactions.
Fictional FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) used to tell us and his skeptical partner Dr. Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) for years that the “truth is out there” on Chris Carter’s iconic Fox television series The X-Files.
Wednesday, July 26, Mulder would be smiling from ear to ear during the House Oversight Committee’s Congressional UFO hearing listening to the testimony.
One witness, David Grusch, a former US Intelligence official, turned whistleblower, claims he is “absolutely certain” the Government has alien corpses and vehicles from crash sites.
“Biologics came with some of these recoveries,” Grusch said. When asked if they were human or non-human, he replied, “Non-human, and that was the assessment of people with direct knowledge on the program I talk to that are currently still on the program.”
Grusch says he has never seen a UFO or UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena) as it is now officially referred to, but testified that he knows of “multiple colleagues” injured by UAPs, referring to interviews they have conducted over four years.
Twitter Says Meh
Usually, this is news that would have Twitter googling doomsday bunkers and how to survive an alien invasion. Still, if you checked timelines, they have more significant issues to worry about, like the climate crisis, rent, “inflation,” long COVID, and hilariously, Richard Lawson’s Twitter likes.
Of course, this is Twitter, where nothing, not even the threat of World War III, was taken seriously, so you know the jokes were astronomically out of this world following the big reveal.
Gotta love Twitter. Oops, we mean X. Hit the gallery below for more reactions to aliens allegedly being real.
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1. LOL, so unserious
3. Wild right?
6. Exactly
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A member of the National Guard is in BIG TROUBLE with the US government for trying to look cool to members of his private Discord channel.
NBC News first reported law enforcement officials linked 21-year-old Texas Airman Jack Teixeira to a trove of confidential documents leaked on Discord, a voice, video, and text chat app popular among gamers and Twitch streamers.
Texiera was arrested at his home in North Dighton, Massachusetts, for his stupid actions, on Thursday, April 13. He appeared in federal court on Friday and was charged with unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents and materials.
He faces up to 15 years in prison if he is found guilty.
“Today, the Justice Department arrested Jack Douglas Teixeira in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.
The Pentagon was aware of the sensitive information on Discord, Twitter, Telegram, and 4chan last week. Most of the leaks pertain to the Russian-Ukraine war and information about the United States spying on Russia and its allies.
What Allegedly Was In The Documents
Some experts believe these leaks could strain the US’ relationships with its allies. One of the documents reportedly revealed that Serbia supplied Ukraine with much-needed lethal aid in its fight against its invader, Russia.
Some of the documents even had alterations. In one example, a document found on a Telegram channel falsely claimed that Ukraine had lost more soldiers in the war than Russia than what is being documented.
Further investigations determined that the documents were posted earlier than previously believed, and third parties shared them to other channels. According to an investigation conducted by Bellingcat, the documents might have been published as far back as January.
He Did It For Clout
Per the Washington Post, Teixeira was known as OG in the private Discord server hilariously called “Thug Shaker Central.” In the group, Teixeira and the other members would discuss video games and their love for guns and share racist memes.
Teixeira reportedly typed up the documents first, but when he noticed members didn’t care, he began sharing actual photos of the confidential docs. According to the New York Times, the FBI connected Teixeira to the leak because of the interior decorations, countertops, and flooring on display in the photos.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Thinks Jack Teixiera Is A Victim
Far-Right Republicans like Marjorie Taylor Greene did not waste time putting on her treasonous cape for the young traitor. She defended him because he was “white, male, Christian, and antiwar,” claiming that makes him an “enemy to the Biden regime.”
Tucker Carlson also got in on defending the treasonous behavior during a segment of his god-awful Fox News show.
Let this be a lesson to you all, don’t use your Discord channel to peddle confidential government information. It won’t work out for you in the end.
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