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Trump Unveils Plan For TikTok After App Used By 170M Americans Goes Dark Trump Unveils Plan For TikTok After App Used By 170M Americans Goes Dark
Trump Unveils Plan For TikTok After App Used By 170M Americans Goes Dark President-elect Donald J. Trump announced Sunday, Jan. 19, that he plans to issue an executive order to delay the federal ban on TikTok, just hours after the app went dark for 170 million US users. UPDATE: TikTok Access Restored After 14 Hours In United States The popular social media platform ceased operations late Saturday, Jan. 18, as a federal law requiring its sale or ban took effect.  The legislation passed last year by Congress amid concerns over TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, raised fears that the app could enable data collection or propaganda by the Chinese gover…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Call For 'Stiff Penalties' Vs. Utility Companies Made By County Legislators Call For 'Stiff Penalties' Vs. Utility Companies Made By County Legislators
Call For 'Stiff Penalties' Vs. Utility Companies Made By County Legislators The Westchester County Board of Legislators is urging the New York State Public Service Commission to impose stiff financial penalties on Consolidated Edison and New York State Electric and Gas for the companies’ response to the March storms that left thousands of Westchester residents without power, many for a week or more. In a letter signed by all the Legislators and sent on Tuesday, March 27 to Public Service Commission Chairman John B. Rhodes, the county Board asked for “significant financial penalties” to be imposed on the companies for their “inadequate preparation and response” to th…

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by Jon Craig