Tag: China
Was Facebook sabotaged from the inside?
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp went down just before noon on Monday, and the reasons remain mysterious. Their parent company has been under extra-harsh scrutiny lately, between its own research discovering the toxic effect of Instagram on the self-esteem of teen girls and new revelations, thanks to whistleblower and former Facebook employee Frances Haugen, that Facebook knowingly stokes public anger for the sake of profit. The sites didn’t begin to restore to life until seven hours later. …
AUKUS pact means China can strike Australia with nuclear weapons if war breaks out
On this episode of Going Underground, we firstly speak to Victor Gao, vice president of the Center for China and Globalization. He discusses Western navies sailing close to China as it marked its 72nd National Day, the West using freedom of navigation to challenge China’s sovereignty, and the recent energy crisis in China and its causes. He also looks at the AUKUS security pact between Australia …