TikTok CEO #ShouZiChew has said the company will take the fight against the new law to the courts, but some experts believe that for the #US #SupremeCourt, national security considerations could outweigh #FreeSpeech protection.
While #TikTok is a global phenomenon, it represents a small fraction of #ByteDance's revenue, according to analysts and investors. #TiktokBan #SocialMedia
ByteDance says 'no plans' to sell TikTok after US ban law
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240426-bytedance-says-no-plans-to-sell-tiktok-after-us-ban-law
#MuhammadMugheir, of the #Gaza Civil Defence, showed journalists videos of relatives as they identified the remains of their loved ones among the hundreds of bodies that have been exhumed, including with signs of #torture and #execution. #Israel
[Warning: Video blurs the worst parts but images may still be very upsetting]
WATCH: Hundreds of bodies have been recovered from mass graves in Gaza
https://aje.io/84b476?update=2860822
#Lebanon has moved towards accepting the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction to prosecute violations on Lebanese territory since October, in what Human Rights Watch said on Saturday was a “landmark step” towards justice for war crimes. #Israel #Gaza #TheHague #ICC
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/27/middle-east-crisis-israel-gaza-hamas-war-iran-red-sea-houthis?page=with:block-662cf5838f083e20b047cdce#block-662cf5838f083e20b047cdce
Young people, in particular, are following the #Israel-#Hamas war on social media, and many are horrified by what they see.
They’ve also grown up with protest movements — #OccupyWallStreet, #BlackLivesMatter, the Parkland, Fla., students’ gun control campaign — as the backdrop of their lives. #VietnamWar
Opinion | The Ghost of the 1968 #AntiWarMovement Has Returned
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/opinion/chicago-dnc-antiwar-protests.html
The historical precedents are becoming more overt. In 1969, #Harvard called in the #police to clear #AntiWar protesters, as #Columbia had done a year earlier. Both events produced pictures of bruised and bloodied students.
In May 4, 1970, an incident seared in the #US national memory, the #NationalGuard at #KentStateUniversity in Ohio opened fire on students protesting the war,killing 4. #Israel
Echoes of #VietnamEra as pro-Palestinian student protests roil US campuses
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/28/us-student-protests-gaza-israel
#KualaLumpur - #KFC has reduced its operations in #Malaysia, shuttering more than 100 restaurants temporarily after months of a persistent #proPalestine boycott of #US-linked businesses triggered by the ongoing war in #Gaza. #Israel
KFC shutters over 100 restaurants in #Malaysia amid pro-Palestine boycott
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/kfc-shutters-over-100-restaurants-in-malaysia-amid-pro-palestine-boycott
After months of shooting down #drones over the #Middle East, the cost of those interceptions is getting too high. Efforts to take out #UncrewedAerialSystems(#UAS) are now exceeding $100,000 per shot.
The Standard Missile-2, a medium-range surface-to-air missile alone can cost $2.1 million per shot. #Israel #Gaza #RedSea
#US needs cheaper ways to shoot down drones, Pentagon acquisition chief says
https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/counter-drone-weapons-cost/
