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Aug 21, 2026 - World

Years after Hong Kong’s annual vigil for the Tiananmen Square crackdown ended, former organizer Tang Ngok-kwan still discreetly visits former memorial sites in the city

Aug 21, 2026 - World

The DoJ sued TikTok and its former parent company in August 2024 for allegedly failing to protect children’s privacy and collecting their information⁠TikTok and its Chinese former parent company ByteDance on Friday agreed to a $400m settlement to resolve the US Department of Justice’s allegations that the short-form video app ⁠violated children’s online ⁠privacy.The justice ​department sued TikTok and ByteDance in 2024 for allegedly failing to protect children’s privacy and illegally collecting their information. The defendants were accused ⁠of violating a law requiring online services aimed at children to obtain parental consent to collect personal information from users under age 13. Continue reading...

Aug 21, 2026 - World

European regulators have imposed billions in penalties on US technology companies due to privacy, competition and digital market rulesThe Dutch data protection authority has fined ⁠Uber €825m ($966m) for deactivating driver ⁠accounts through automated systems without ​adequately informing them, according to a 17 August decision.The penalty would be the second-largest issued yet under Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Continue reading...

Aug 21, 2026 - World

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has ordered an investigation into a man accused of creating a fake government agency

Aug 21, 2026 - World

China's army is improving attack helicopter skills against U.S. missile defenses and ground vehicles, and recently practiced live-fire missile strikes against mockups of Patriot anti-missile launchers and Army Humvees, according to an Army think tank report.