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US lawmakers claim risk of surveillance from digital yuan use at 2022 Olympics

A group of Republican members of Congress has urged American Olympic athletes to steer clear of using China’s digital yuan while in Beijing for the Games, suggesting it will lead to increased surveillance, Breitbart revealed. “China is the primary adversary of the United States with a long track record of surveilling American citizens,” Representative Lance […]

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New Zealand beefs up counter-terrorism law after ‘ISIS-inspired’ knife assailant injured 7 despite weeks of police surveillance   

New Zealand has voted to strengthen a counter-terrorism bill, now criminalizing the planning of attacks after a knifeman inspired by Islamic State recently left several injured, despite being trailed by police for weeks. Parliament passed the bill on its third reading on Thursday, voting to amend two previous pieces of legislation that took effect in […]