TikTok Editorial Analysis

TikTok seems to be skewing things in the interests of the Chinese Communist Party. (This is a serious analysis, and the methodology looks sound.)

Conclusion: Substantial Differences in Hashtag Ratios Raise
Concerns about TikTok’s Impartiality

Given the research above, we assess a strong possibility that content on TikTok is either amplified or suppressed based on its alignment with the interests of the Chinese Government. Future research should aim towards a more comprehensive analysis to determine the potential influence of TikTok on popular public narratives. This research should determine if and how TikTok might be utilized for furthering national/regional or international objectives of the Chinese Government…

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Does TLS 1.3 spec include additional privacy controls for avoiding URL category filtering?

I’ve heard second-hand that the TLS 1.3 spec includes additional functionality to avoid URL category list filtering by firewalls and cloud-based proxies. Is that correct? If so, is there any documentation on how that works?
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Is firewall egress filtering an effective tool when we all use the same small collection of cloud services?

I know this is a controversial topic and answers can be found all over the internet. However all the ones that I found seemed dated. Since security is an ever-evolving thing I figured it’s worth revisiting.
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