HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Five TikTok content creators have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Montana’s first-in-the-nation ban on the video sharing app, arguing the law is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights. The Montana residents also argued in the complaint,… Read More ›
China
“The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet” by Adi Robertson — Technopreneurph
There’s cause for alarm with TikTok — but is it enough to justify building America’s own Great Firewall? Back in the ancient days of July 2009, I was in Harbin, in Heilongjiang province, when the Chinese government banned Facebook and Twitter…. Read More ›
Analysis: Coal returns to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor — A greener life, a greener world
Progress towards the construction of a China-funded coal power plant in Gwadar raises questions about the climate pledges of both China and Pakistan. News that the Pakistan government plans to secure financing and start construction on a long-stalled 300-megawatt coal-fired power… Read More ›
On Kremlingames’ 2023 Updates
I decided to spend some time playing through the latest update of Kremlingames’ China: Mao’s Legacy late last night. Apparently, Kremlingames is planning to release a future expansion of that game later this year called “The Fallen Eagle,” which might… Read More ›
China growth outlook cut by World Bank
The World Bank has cut its China growth outlook for this year and next, citing the impact of the abrupt loosening of strict COVID-19 containment measures and persistent property sector weakness, reports Reuters. The Washington-based lender, in a report released… Read More ›
Huawei – A Threat To The Canadian Five Eyes Membership? — David Perreault
As one of the five leading members in Five Eyes, Canada currently risks losing its membership in the intelligence alliance due to a national security controversy involving Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications company. Huawei’s admission into Canada’s 5G network can negatively… Read More ›
An Historian’s WordPress Blog
In my spare time last week, I did a bit of searching around on WordPress to see if there were any other WordPress Blogs worth mentioning here on The Fourth Estate. Of the various Blogs that I read online, I… Read More ›
Update (26 November 2022)
I made some mind-blowing discoveries in this research paper that I am currently working on. Readers of The Fourth Estate will recall that I discussed about it on the ARPLAN Blog in the latest post from late October. My discoveries… Read More ›
Update (15 November 2022)
The first half of my Blog post about the role of Automation in Economic Planning has been established. I have addressed the Work-Standard’s version, MTEP, and how it differs from STEP. Now, I just need to document the available literature… Read More ›
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