Wait - is TikTok actually going to be banned?
+ UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals, and the most annoying meme on my timeline right now
My angels! It’s ANZAC Day here in Aotearoa, and I was all ready to go to a dawn service with Normy until I got an email that actually, this morning I will be interviewing Nicholas Galitzine (yes, the Prince from Red White & Royal Blue) as promo for his new film ‘The Idea Of You’ where he literally plays a character based on HARRY STYLES.
I’ll try and be totally normal about it. Wish me luck! xxx
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US Senate approves potential TikTok ban
Holy shit: is TikTok actually gonna be banned in the US? Well, it’s kinda looking that way after the US Senate approved a “controversial landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America.”
TikTok's Chinese owner, Bytedance, now has six months to sell its stake or the app would be blocked in the United States.
What happens next?
Well, the bill will now be handed over to Joe Biden, “who has vowed to sign it into law as soon as it reaches his desk.” But, according to the BBC, if that happens, “ByteDance will have to seek approval from Chinese officials to complete a forced sale, which Beijing has vowed to oppose.”
UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals
Devastating news out of Gaza today, as The UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, has said he’s “horrified” by reports of mass graves containing hundreds of bodies at two of Gaza’s largest hospitals.
Palestinian civil defence teams began exhuming bodies from a mass grave outside the Nasser hospital complex in Khan Younis last week after Israeli troops withdrew. A total of 310 bodies have been found in the last week, including 35 in the past day, Palestinian officials have said. - The Guardian
Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for human rights, said this:
“We feel the need to raise the alarm because clearly there have been multiple bodies discovered.
She described bodies “buried deep in the ground and covered with waste”, adding that “among the deceased were allegedly older people, women and wounded”, including some bound and stripped of their clothes.
“Some of them had their hands tied, which of course indicates serious violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, and these need to be subjected to further investigations,” she said.
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The most annoying meme on my timeline rn
This trend has absolutely TAKEN over my timeline:
All I have to say is before you think about getting in on this trend, please look between A and H on my keyboard below:
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They want to ban Tik Tok because Tik Tok exposes them and their corruption.
I want a keyboard like yours.