Doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza.

The IDF denies it.

I know who I believe.

theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Community Notes vs TikTok Policy

If you feel icky about posting to X but you still love to post, give this a read.

Cameron uses the same method I use for crossposting across multiple platforms.

It gives your audience the option of following you wherever they feel most comfortable.

webcam.substack.com/p/my-guide-to-…

BREAKING: U.S. Senate approves bill banning TikTok in the U.S. if ByteDance refuses to divest

It's surreal to see the pretzels many are twisting themselves in lately.

Students protesting on campuses? Bad, apparently.

Bombing diplomatic compounds? Good, somehow.

Genuinely excited to see what they come up with next!

Weird.

The metadata in this letter from Michael Beckerman, TikTok’s head of public policy, to the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party lists the author as 郑涵 (Zheng Han).

It would be useful to know who Zheng Han is & where they are based.

s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2447…

Reupping my piece on the govt’s proposed anti-disinformation bill:

Public outcry surrounding the bill has been off the charts.

In reality, its objectives are quite modest, & many may be surprised that its proposed powers aren't already in place.

aspistrategist.org.au/examining-aust…

Blinken heading to Shanghai and Beijing from Wednesday to Friday.

rfa.org/english/news/c…

'In digital late modernity, we conceal the nakedness—the absence of meaning in our lives—by constantly posting, liking, and sharing. The noise of communication and information is supposed to ensure that life’s terrifying vacuity remains hidden.”

newyorker.com/culture/infini…

NEWS: Senate Commerce Chair Maria Cantwell announces her support for the House’s TikTok bill now that it allows POTUS to extend the divestment period by an additional 180 days, as we scooped earlier.

CANTWELL on House language re: TikTok bill: “I’m very happy that Speaker Johnson and House leaders incorporated my recommendation to extend the Byte Dance divestment period from six months to a year. ... I support this updated legislation.”

The 2024 Independent Intelligence Review's findings are expected within months. At ASPI we've set out to convene a range of perspectives on Australian intelligence's future to inform the review. A selection has been published today. aspi.org.au/report/austral…

Tiktok Lite's Task & Rewards feature allows users to earn coins for 'tasks' such as watching, liking or sharing videos.

Le Monde compared it to a video game, 'showering its players with rewards according to their activity to keep them coming back.'

bbc.com/news/articles/…

TikTok starts rolling out TikTok Notes, its Instagram rival for sharing photo and text content, for limited testing in Australia and Canada on Android and iOS theverge.com/2024/4/17/2413…

The trailer for CIVIL WAR packs more punch than the actual movie.

“Elon Musk’s X is a thriving hub for Nazi support and propaganda, with paid subscribers sharing speeches by Adolf Hitler or content praising his genocidal regime.” - NBC News report lede this morning. 1/2

New ASPI report out outlining how 🇦🇺 can reclaim 'critical minerals leadership' as the Darwin Dialogue - a 1.5 track dialogue w/ 🇦🇺's key Indo-Pac partners on crit min production, supply chain resilience, economic security & geopolitics - kicks off

afr.com/companies/mini…

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A couple of tech journalists who cover TikTok come to mind…

Quill was one of Ten's lawyers