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US v China: Tik Tok Under Fire
Last month, the US government informed federal agencies that they had 30 days to remove Chinese owned app Tik Tok from government-owned devices. Some agencies, such as the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and State, already have restrictions in place. “The Biden-Harris Administration has invested heavily in defending our nation’s digital infrastructure and curbing foreign adversaries’ access to Americans’ data,” said Chris DeRusha, the federal chief information security officer. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified last week before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where the US lawmakers aggressively questioned Chew over its alleged ties to the Chinese government and the company’s data-security practices. Chew, in over five hours of testimony, repeatedly denied the app’s parent company ByteDance is owned or controlled by the Chinese government and asserted it is a private company. For more blogs on GeoPolitics or History, click here for Kakul's Blog \
Russia Oil Cap Explained for dummies
Russia Oil Cap Explained for dummies The G7 countries, EU, Australia and the US have set caps on Russian oil products effective from Feb 5 2023, at 60 dollars per barrel of petrol. What this basically means is that Russia cannot sell petrol barrels to countries in the G7, EU and Australia at more than 60 dollars a barrel. This was done in an effort to cut war funding for Russia for the Russian-Ukraine war. Then later Russia replied by sanctioning that they will not be dealing with any country that would follow the 60 dollar price cap. Russia basically gave the finger to the biggest sanction they ever got. The reply was a shocking but not a surprise as we know that Russia will not just roll over and let the US have their way. If they US wants to meddle with Russia's economy then Russia will fight back. Shortly after Putin announced that Russia is suspending it's participation in the 2010 New START treaty, which was it's only nuclear arms pact with the US....