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Erdogan claims victory in Turkish election – The Telegraph
Erdogan set to secure five more years of power in Turkey. President ahead of main rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, as polls open in nation’s first-ever presidential run-off. Turkey is voting in the …
Teesside mayor offers to open up books to clear corruption claims
The NAO conducted an informal review of the Teesworks project last year. It found no evidence of wrongdoing, though its remit only allowed officials to review whether central government grants were being used correctly. The row follows a series of articles published by Private Eye that allege local property developers Chris Musgrave and Martin Corney […]
TikTok was ‘propaganda tool’ for Chinese Communist Party, lawsuit claims
The app has sought to allay fears that it could be used as a spying or propaganda tool by Beijing, saying it does not store data in the country and has restricted Chinese staff from accessing overseas data. Mr Yu’s claims relate to how ByteDance operated before he was dismissed almost five years ago, and […]
Former ByteDance Exec Claims TikTok Stole Content From Competitors
TikTok owner ByteDance stole content from Snapchat and Instagram to boost TikTok engagement, according to a former employee who is suing the company for wrongful termination. As The New York Times reports(Opens in a new window)Yintao Yu, who was head of engineering for ByteDance’s US operations between August 2017 and November 2018, claims he was […]