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TikTok video falsely claims hurricanes are ' controlled' and ' weaponized'

10/21/2022 10:30:00 PM

🌀 A popular TikTok video claims hurricanes can be controlled and used as weapons This is false -- the clip cites two patents that have been abandoned and experts say no such technology exists

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A popular TikTok video claims hurricanes can be controlled and used as weapons. This is false -- the clip cites two patents that have been abandoned, and experts say no such technology exists A TikTok video viewed more than 12,000 times claims hurricanes can be controlled and used as weapons. This is false; the clip cites two abandoned patent applications for proposed methods to avert disasters, and experts say no such technology exists. methods were never fulfilled.The first proposal says it"relates to a method of weather control ... employing high decibel sound waves to affect the formation of weather systems."Among the technology's stated aims:"to alter the direction of weather systems which may produce hurricanes and tornadoes" and"disrupt or enhance the formation of hurricanes." The second application says the invention was intended to save lives and prevent damage by"controlling hurricanes or modifying the weather."This screenshot taken October 19, 2022 shows a Google Patents record of an application for hurricane control using sound waves Read more:
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We're getting to know our very own Cindy Hsu a little better with a series of rapid-fire questions. Read more >> Ngl AFP kinda sus you bring this rather obscure meme to light, Really makes you think 🤔 TikTok Parent ByteDance Planned To Use TikTok To Monitor The Physical Location Of Specific American CitizensThe project, assigned to a Beijing-led team, would have involved accessing location data from some U.S. users’ devices without their knowledge or consent. ebakerwhite Shocking TikTok Parent ByteDance Planned To Use TikTok To Monitor The Physical Location Of Specific American CitizensSCOOP: TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance planned to use the TikTok app to track the physical location of specific American citizens, according to materials reviewed by Forbes. Surprising no one who has been paying attention to China. Um…I heard something about this from the last President 🤔 and the media, like Forbes here, trashed him for it. US is surprised that a Chinese app could be such a success, now cook the conspiracy😅 TikTok Parent ByteDance Planned To Use TikTok To Monitor The Physical Location Of Specific American CitizensBREAKING SCOOP: TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance planned to use the TikTok app to track the physical location of specific American citizens, according to materials reviewed by Forbes. The team behind the monitoring project, ByteDance's China-based Internal Audit team, is led by a Beijing-based executive, who reports to ByteDance’s CEO and cofounder. Trump told you… Source: Meta executives TikTok Parent ByteDance Planned To Use TikTok To Monitor The Physical Location Of Specific American CitizensThe project, assigned to a Beijing-led team, would have involved accessing location data from some U.S. users’ devices without their knowledge or consent. ebakerwhite Shut. It. Down. ebakerwhite Outlaw it! ebakerwhite tiktokexposed TiktoklivexBossckm TikTokersleaked TikTokersleaked TikTok Parent ByteDance Planned To Use TikTok To Monitor The Physical Location Of Specific American CitizensThe project, assigned to a Beijing-led team, would have involved accessing location data from some U.S. users’ devices without their knowledge or consent. ebakerwhite In 2020, I was told that this wasn't going to happen and that Trump was crazy for suggesting this possibility. ebakerwhite Trump was right ComfortablySmug ebakerwhite Lol So how would they do that if I don’t and won’t ever ever use that app designed for developmentally & intellectually challenegd ppl 🤡 TikTok parent company ByteDance planned to track Americans' locations through TikTok: reportTikTok parent company ByteDance, which is based in China, reportedly planned to track individual U.S. citizens' locations, according to Forbes. jet plane methods were never fulfilled.A China-based team at TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, planned to use the TikTok app to monitor the personal location of some specific American citizens, according to materials reviewed by Forbes .A China-based team at TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, planned to use the TikTok app to monitor the personal location of some specific American citizens, according to materials reviewed by Forbes .A China-based team at TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, planned to use the TikTok app to monitor the personal location of some specific American citizens, according to materials reviewed by Forbes . The first proposal says it"relates to a method of weather control .. The team primarily conducts investigations into potential misconduct by current and former ByteDance employees.. But in at least two cases, the Internal Audit team also planned to collect TikTok data about the location of a U. employing high decibel sound waves to affect the formation of weather systems.S." Among the technology's stated aims:"to alter the direction of weather systems which may produce hurricanes and tornadoes" and"disrupt or enhance the formation of hurricanes. citizen who had never had an employment relationship with the company, the materials show. " The second application says the invention was intended to save lives and prevent damage by"controlling hurricanes or modifying the weather. It is unclear from the materials whether data about these Americans was actually collected; however, the plan was for a Beijing-based ByteDance team to obtain location data from U. It is unclear from the materials whether data about these Americans was actually collected; however, the plan was for a Beijing-based ByteDance team to obtain location data from U." This screenshot taken October 19, 2022 shows a Google Patents record of an application for hurricane control using sound waves This screenshot taken October 19, 2022 shows a Google Patents record of an application for hurricane control using jet planes One of the two people named as authors of the second patent application, Manilal Savla of New Jersey, told AFP it"was abandoned and to my knowledge the technology has never been deployed." "I was shocked to learn about the false references and misrepresentation of my patent application in the TikTok video as well as in comments," he said in an email on October 18, 2022. users’ devices. "My proposal regarding hurricane was not to weaponize it but to avert a catastrophe by reducing its strength and/or diverting it to sea. TikTok spokesperson Maureen Shanahan said that TikTok collects approximate location information based on users’ IP addresses to “among other things, help show relevant content and ads to users, comply with applicable laws, and detect and prevent fraud and inauthentic behavior. The idea was to save lives and property damage." But the material reviewed by Forbes indicates that ByteDance's Internal Audit team was planning to use this location information to surveil individual American citizens, not to target ads or any of these other purposes." But the material reviewed by Forbes indicates that ByteDance's Internal Audit team was planning to use this location information to surveil individual American citizens, not to target ads or any of these other purposes. " 'No such technology' Experts told AFP there is no way to control hurricanes, also known as cyclones. "Based on the current state of knowledge, this is not feasible at this time," said , director of the Sea Level Solutions Center at Florida University International, in an email on October 19, 2022. TikTok and ByteDance did not answer questions about whether Internal Audit has specifically targeted any members of the U. TikTok and ByteDance did not answer questions about whether Internal Audit has specifically targeted any members of the U."Perhaps the only way to control would be to mitigate greenhouse gases and moderate the effect of climate change." The claim that hurricanes could be controlled or weaponized"is a far-fetched idea," he added. government, activists, public figures or journalists. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( . TikTok is reportedly close to signing a contract with the Treasury Department’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which evaluates the national security risks posed by companies of foreign ownership, and has been investigating whether the company’s Chinese ownership could enable the Chinese government to access personal information about U. TikTok is reportedly close to signing a contract with the Treasury Department’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which evaluates the national security risks posed by companies of foreign ownership, and has been investigating whether the company’s Chinese ownership could enable the Chinese government to access personal information about U.