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TikTok Faces US Ban After Discovery that Chinese Officers had Used the App to Spy on US Journalists

TikTok’s future in the US is looking a lot less certain, after an investigation found that parent company ByteDance had been spying on several American journalists whom it believed had been in contact with ByteDance staff, and gained access to commercially sensitive information. As reported by The Financial Times: “Over the summer, four employees on […]

Meta Launches New On-line Security Course for Journalists

Meta has launched a new, free online digital security and safety training course for journalists and human rights defenders, which takes participants through a range of key elements to help protect their privacy, counter harassment and more. As explained by Meta: “Supported by the Meta Journalism Project, the self-paced 90-minute course will teach journalists and […]

Revered American journalists ask whether or not Google Search is degrading and considerably worse

A couple of respected American journalists asked on Twitter the other day if you noticed that Google search has become “significantly worse” than in previous years. Journalists like Jesse Eisinger, Chris Hayes and Herb Greenberg got involved on the issue and Danny Sullivan, a former journalist who now works at Google, caught the eye. Who […]