TikTok fined millions for illegally sending users’ data to China

TikTok has been fined €530m (£452m) because it was illegally sending user data to China, Ireland’s privacy watchdog said on Friday.

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission found the social media app’s data transfers to China broke strict data privacy rules in the EU.

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‘I couldn’t believe it’: F-1 status of some Indian students restored after US reverses abrupt termination of visa registration

IT was 3 am in Atlanta on Friday, the 20-year-old student from Bengaluru recalls, when the good news came.

His status as an F-1 student had been in limbo since April 4 when his record on SEVIS — the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, a US government database that tracks international students — was terminated following a drunk driving charge that had not led to a conviction.

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Embattled Liberal candidate for Bennelong Scott Yung under fire for alleged Beijing connections

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The Liberal candidate for Bennelong opened a business dinner backed by an “overseas Chinese liaison station” — which was part of a global network bankrolled by the Chinese government and previously led by a rising figure credited for supporting Beijing’s territorial claim over Taiwan.

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