trade

Banning TikTok stifles internet innovation and freedom, by Will Duffield

by
Banning TikTok stifles internet innovation and freedom, by Will Duffield

Will Duffield InsideSources.com The popularity of TikTok, a Chinese-owned short-form video-sharing app, has prompted concerns among American politicians and proposals to ban the platform. While data exfiltration concerns are hard to allay, the costs of banning TikTok far outweigh any national security benefits. TikTok isn’t a particularly unique or valuable source of American data, but … Read more

State to investigate an internet outage

by
State to investigate an internet outage

As the state opens an investigation into the cause of last week’s multi-day Internet outage, early estimates indicate that economic losses could be in the millions of dollars. Verizon Communications cell phone service was also down for more than 48 hours, but a company spokesperson did not respond to questions regarding the geographic extent and … Read more