2021-09-26
China's nearly immediate return of the 2 imprisoned Canadians when Meng Wanzhou was freed also sent a chilling message. “They're not even making a pretense of a pretense that this was anything but a straight hostage situation.” @ChuBailiang @ktbenner https://www.nytimes.com/...
Wall Street Journal
US DOJ allows Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou to return to China in a deferred prosecution agreement as part of which Wanzhou admitted to some wrongdoing
hours after the U.S. agreed to free a Huawei executive https://www.wsj.com/... Michael McFaul / @mcfaul : You're revealing your nerdy (and that's a compliment @stanford) ways to su...
2021-05-03
A town square in the midst of tyranny. Saudis have discussed legalizing alcohol & abortion. Egyptians have wondered how to challenge their ruler. Iranians have questioned their officials & shared stories of sexual harassment. @VivianHYee @farnazfassihi https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
SensorTower data shows Clubhouse has been downloaded 1.1M times in the Middle East, where its users see it as an open forum to discuss politics and taboo issues
New York Times : Tweets: @abdu , @curdistani , @nytimes , @asadabukhalil , @shahselbe , @rickgladstone , @naderalihashemi , @freddydeknatel , @mairavz , @farnazfassihi , and @evel...
2020-03-11
The parent of technology behemoth Google is used to getting its way. Not so in Toronto, where a Google sibling company has been vexed by critics of its plan for a ‘city of tomorrow.’ They describe it as a privacy-plundering dystopia. @ianrausten https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs scales back Toronto smart city project prompted by local privacy critics, who argue it exploits people's data from the physical world
Faced with an array of opponents for its sensor-laden city of tomorrow in Toronto, a Google sibling has dramatically dialed back plans. Tweets: @rafael_a_calvo , @mikethebbop , @bh...