Author: Ayesha
Governor Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to ban TikTok on all state-issued mobile phones and computers due to security threats. There has been severe distress among the US government about the use of the social media app TikTok. TikTok is widely used and liked by people across America, where almost around 85 million people use the app. But state officials are skeptical about allowing citizens to continue using this app. This skepticism is due to the Chinese ownership of the app. TikTok is owned by a Chinese company called ByteDance. The tension among the US government is that the app…
Olive Garden fired their manager of the Kansas branch for refusing to grant leaves to employees without evidence of reason. According to a local news report, this was the message that the manager sent to all his employees. “If you’re sick, you need to come to prove it to us. If your dog died, you need to bring him in and prove it to us. If it’s a ‘family emergency and you can’t say, too bad. Go work somewhere else.” The manager at the Italian food chain Olive Garden could not bear any more leaves taken by his employees. The…
Ari Melber, an attorney and journalist, with a huge following on TikTok, is famous for his show ‘The Beat with Ari Melber’ on MSNBC. Born in 1980, Ari Naftali Melber received his early education at Garfield High School in Seattle, WA. He received his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from the University of Michigan and Cornell University. His interest lies in law and politics. He has been a practicing lawyer and has written political columns for various news outlets like Reuters and The Nation. He has had a promising career as a journalist, where his show titled ‘The beat with Ari…
Recently, 13-year-old Caroline Cruz, daughter of Senator Ted Cruz revealed some inside stories about her family on TikTok. Another morning and another drama unfolding on TikTok. This time it’s about 13-year-old Caroline Cruz, daughter of Dallas county judge Ted Cruz. She posted a video on her TikTok profile @_caro_iguess_ about her relationship with her father, but the video soon went viral. Cruz then deleted that video and all other videos related to her family from her account. But one Twitter user managed to screen-record the video and upload it on Twitter, but that video too was deleted sometime after it…
Maryland governor Larry Hogan announced a ban on TikTok for members of the government amidst cybersecurity threats. This is not the first time that TikTok has come under scrutiny due to its origin. The app is owned by a Chinese company called Bytedance. This Chinese origin of the app has been a reason for severe distress among the US government, where for them there exists a looming threat of privacy breaches of data of US citizens. On Tuesday, Governor Larry Hogan announced a ban on TikTok and other China and Russia-based ventures amidst the threat of danger to the privacy…