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This course was a testament to what it means to be a professional. It was a wake up call, because although we have reached the end, as a professional, this is just the beginning. I learned a lot, but what was most significant and special to me, was learning more about myself and the kind of researcher I want to be. On the more technical side of things, I am ultimately grateful to learn how to monetize, how to meet deadlines and how to organize my resources in a more concise way. In the past, I have struggled with narrowing down my sources, often overusing them or misplacing them in my work. Through the course discussions and through connecting with my peers, it was brought to my attention that I still have some work to do. It has also given me professional strength to now be educated in how to monetize; it gives me somewhere to begin, and makes things a little more worth it. This course taught me to lock in, focus, meet deadlines and branch out. I realized over the past year that it is wiser to collaborate with other researchers, sharing resources or even audience members. Journalists should be able to stick together, not just steps over each other’s toes to get the best story. I plan to apply everything that I have learned throughout this course into my career, making sure to hold onto the assignments and readings over this past year. I am also grateful to have connected with other students, building a network and exchanging tips and tools for the future. I am grateful to my professors, with whom none of this would be possible.
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The Rise and Fall of TikTok
This story, using facts verified by Congress’ home website, is based on their disputable decision to ban TikTok in the United States according to bill H.R. 503. Almost two years later, the United States Supreme Court is set to start 2025 with an explosive case of a limited timeframe and significant domestic and geopolitical consequences. The app was launched in September of 2016 and quickly rose in popularity among young users.
CNN: Bill that could ban TikTok in US advances in House. Lawmakers explain what it does
This bill was first introduced in House on January 25, 2023, sponsored by departing Congressman Ken Buck. This coverage, verified by CNN reporter Brian Fung, indicated that the House passed legislation to ban TikTok in the U.S unless the app parts ways with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. On March 13, 2024, as validated by reporters Sapna Maheshwari, David McCabe and Annie Karni, this NY Times article states that Republican leaders accelerated the bill through the House with limited debate, and it passed on a “lopsided” vote of 352-65. Bill H.R. 503 then headed to the Senate, where it would be up for vote.
Lawmakers supportive of the bill argued that TikTok poses a national security threat; China can utilize intelligence laws against ByteDance, forcing it to hand over the data of U.S app users (CNN, March 2024). The China-based company initiated a nationwide campaign to lobby against the bill, arguing that the bill violated the First Amendment rights of its 170 million U.S users. The national security discussion attached to TikTok usually focuses on concerns—and primarily Chinese—ownership and related questions about data privacy, algorithmic manipulation, foreign interferences and/or narrative influence (DFRLab, February 2024).
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, and the panel’s top Republican, Marco Rubio of Florida, urged support for the House bill, citing the strong showing on their vote (CNN, March 2024). Reporters for credible news source known as NBC News, said the fate of the bill in the Senate, at the time, was unclear. President Biden formally expressed his support for the legislation, saying he would sign the bill if cleared by Congress. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, called the bill “important,” saying the administration hopes the Senate will “take swift action (NBC News, March 2024).” However, the data security complication in the United States is bigger than TikTok. Without doubt, the PRC (People’s Republic of China) sees the value of collecting information on Americans for intelligence purposes. Based on the research conducted at The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, TikTok can be said to present a “unique risk” in terms of its Chinese ownership, in that the PRC’s National Intelligence Law does give the government broad control to coerce the company to grant access to Americans’ TikTok statistics. Additionally, The Atlantic Council found that TikTok’s data collection practices on American users are not outside what is routinely practiced by social media companies, including Meta, X and others (The Atlantic Council, January 2025).
NBC explained that on Friday, January 10, 2025, the Supreme Court appeared likely to uphold the law that would effectively ban the social media app in the United States. The conservative-majority court heard arguments from TikTok attorney Noel J. Francisco, influencers and the Biden administration, with at least a preliminary decision likely to succeed in days, if not hours. The justices did not appear convinced by TikTok’s free speech arguments, and some uncertainty remains over how the court will handle the case with President-elect Donald Trump taking office one day after the January 19th deadline, expresses NBC. Trump filed a brief at the Supreme Court last month asking justices to temporarily block the law, so that when he takes office, he can “pursue a political resolution.” Justice Brett Kavenaugh said the government’s arguments against data collection were “very strong,” as quoted by NBC, but concerns of the Chinese government assuming control over content “raise much more challenging questions.” Chief Justice John Roberts too seemed reluctant to second-guess Congress, citing its finding that, once again, ByteDance is subject to Chinese laws that require it to assist with intelligence gathering (NBC, January 2025).
CNN: Supreme Court signals it will uphold ban on TikTok
As reported by CNN’s Clare Duffy, it is widely expected that the U.S app store operators, like Google and Apple, will remove TikTok from their platforms, meaning, new users will not be able to download the infamous app. TikTok’s existing American users, as told by Duffy, can still use the app on their phones, but will not be able to update the app via app stores. This indicates that the company will no longer be able to fix bugs or security holes, eventually making the app difficult—if not impossible—to use.
“Potentially, vulnerabilities will become known in the app, and hackers will take advantage of those vulnerabilities to compromise your account or your device,” says Eva Galperin, director of cybersecurity at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told CNN’s Terms of Service podcast.
It could be weeks or months before existing users see their experience on the app degrade. Nevertheless, the government can force American internet service providers (ISPs), which provide access to the internet and the websites on them, to block TikTok, making it impossible to access the web version of the platform. Galperin added that that approach would be complicated because there are many more IP addresses than app stores. Regardless of the route the government is taking to block TikTok, without question, there will be ways around the ban. Most known, for example, are virtual private networks or VPNs. A VPN is a program anyone can download that can hide location data and make it seem as though the user is accessing the internet from a different country (CNN, January 2025).
Legal experts, including attorney Francisco, suggest that Trump could simply choose not to enforce the law and signal to Apple and Google that they will not be fined for continuing to host the app on their platforms.
“I’m a little concerned that a suggestion that the president-elect or anyone else would not enforce the law, when a law is in effect and is prohibitive of certain action, that a company would choose to ignore enforcement in any assurance other than change in the law,” says Justice Sonia Sotomayor. She added that whatever the new president does, does not change the reality for these companies (CNN, January 2025). President Trump since then has signed an executive order on Monday, January 19th, seeking to hit pause on the law banning TikTok to find a U.S buyer within 75 days, as per PBS.org.
CNN: TikTok is about to be banned. Can Trump save it in time?
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The Rise and Fall of TikTok
This story, using facts verified by Congress’ home website, is based on their disputable decision to ban TikTok in the United States according to bill H.R. 503. Almost two years later, the United States Supreme Court is set to start 2025 with an explosive case of a limited timeframe and significant domestic and geopolitical consequences. The app was launched in September of 2016 and quickly rose in popularity among young users.
CNN: Bill that could ban TikTok in US advances in House. Lawmakers explain what it does
This bill was first introduced in House on January 25, 2023, sponsored by departing Congressman Ken Buck. This coverage, verified by CNN reporter Brian Fung, indicated that the House passed legislation to ban TikTok in the U.S unless the app parts ways with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. On March 13, 2024, as validated by reporters Sapna Maheshwari, David McCabe and Annie Karni, this NY Times article states that Republican leaders accelerated the bill through the House with limited debate, and it passed on a “lopsided” vote of 352-65. Bill H.R. 503 then headed to the Senate, where it would be up for vote.
Lawmakers supportive of the bill argued that TikTok poses a national security threat; China can utilize intelligence laws against ByteDance, forcing it to hand over the data of U.S app users (CNN, March 2024). The China-based company initiated a nationwide campaign to lobby against the bill, arguing that the bill violated the First Amendment rights of its 170 million U.S users. The national security discussion attached to TikTok usually focuses on concerns—and primarily Chinese—ownership and related questions about data privacy, algorithmic manipulation, foreign interferences and/or narrative influence (DFRLab, February 2024).
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, and the panel’s top Republican, Marco Rubio of Florida, urged support for the House bill, citing the strong showing on their vote (CNN, March 2024). Reporters for credible news source known as NBC News, said the fate of the bill in the Senate, at the time, was unclear. President Biden formally expressed his support for the legislation, saying he would sign the bill if cleared by Congress. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, called the bill “important,” saying the administration hopes the Senate will “take swift action (NBC News, March 2024).” However, the data security complication in the United States is bigger than TikTok. Without doubt, the PRC (People’s Republic of China) sees the value of collecting information on Americans for intelligence purposes. Based on the research conducted at The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, TikTok can be said to present a “unique risk” in terms of its Chinese ownership, in that the PRC’s National Intelligence Law does give the government broad control to coerce the company to grant access to Americans’ TikTok statistics. Additionally, The Atlantic Council found that TikTok’s data collection practices on American users are not outside what is routinely practiced by social media companies, including Meta, X and others (The Atlantic Council, January 2025).
NBC explained that on Friday, January 10, 2025, the Supreme Court appeared likely to uphold the law that would effectively ban the social media app in the United States. The conservative-majority court heard arguments from TikTok attorney Noel J. Francisco, influencers and the Biden administration, with at least a preliminary decision likely to succeed in days, if not hours. The justices did not appear convinced by TikTok’s free speech arguments, and some uncertainty remains over how the court will handle the case with President-elect Donald Trump taking office one day after the January 19th deadline, expresses NBC. Trump filed a brief at the Supreme Court last month asking justices to temporarily block the law, so that when he takes office, he can “pursue a political resolution.” Justice Brett Kavenaugh said the government’s arguments against data collection were “very strong,” as quoted by NBC, but concerns of the Chinese government assuming control over content “raise much more challenging questions.” Chief Justice John Roberts too seemed reluctant to second-guess Congress, citing its finding that, once again, ByteDance is subject to Chinese laws that require it to assist with intelligence gathering (NBC, January 2025).
CNN: Supreme Court signals it will uphold ban on TikTok
As reported by CNN’s Clare Duffy, it is widely expected that the U.S app store operators, like Google and Apple, will remove TikTok from their platforms, meaning, new users will not be able to download the infamous app. TikTok’s existing American users, as told by Duffy, can still use the app on their phones, but will not be able to update the app via app stores. This indicates that the company will no longer be able to fix bugs or security holes, eventually making the app difficult—if not impossible—to use.
“Potentially, vulnerabilities will become known in the app, and hackers will take advantage of those vulnerabilities to compromise your account or your device,” says Eva Galperin, director of cybersecurity at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told CNN’s Terms of Service podcast.
It could be weeks or months before existing users see their experience on the app degrade. Nevertheless, the government can force American internet service providers (ISPs), which provide access to the internet and the websites on them, to block TikTok, making it impossible to access the web version of the platform. Galperin added that that approach would be complicated because there are many more IP addresses than app stores. Regardless of the route the government is taking to block TikTok, without question, there will be ways around the ban. Most known, for example, are virtual private networks or VPNs. A VPN is a program anyone can download that can hide location data and make it seem as though the user is accessing the internet from a different country (CNN, January 2025).
Legal experts, including attorney Francisco, suggest that Trump could simply choose not to enforce the law and signal to Apple and Google that they will not be fined for continuing to host the app on their platforms.
“I’m a little concerned that a suggestion that the president-elect or anyone else would not enforce the law, when a law is in effect and is prohibitive of certain action, that a company would choose to ignore enforcement in any assurance other than change in the law,” says Justice Sonia Sotomayor. She added that whatever the new president does, does not change the reality for these companies (CNN, January 2025). President Trump since then has signed an executive order on Monday, January 19th, seeking to hit pause on the law banning TikTok to find a U.S buyer within 75 days, as per PBS.org.
CNN: TikTok is about to be banned. Can Trump save it in time?
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If I had to describe myself in five words, those words would be “dedicated, enlightened, creative, intense and emotional.” My goal is to gather the best media news and stories for my audience, including entertainment, news, health and much more.
Blogging is a new endeavor of mine. With not much experience in this field, I expect that within time, I can reach my full potential. I hold a bachelor's degree in Communications, and right now I am studying for my master’s in media journalism.
A few months ago I found myself in a funk; discouraged and misguided. I had no real direction. It was at that time that I got a phone call from Full Sail University. I accepted their offer to enroll because I thought it would help to remove me from that feeling of misguidance, and so it did. Keeping myself busy with things that I like to do and discuss was the anecdote all along.
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My expectation for this course was to be more comfortable with WordPress. The course met up with my expectations because all we did this month was post stories to our website, so I definitely feel more comfortable with it now.
The assignment that I enjoyed the most was Week 1 Assignment 1. I had a good time revisiting the smoke shop. The employees are very welcoming and it made the assignment easier to get done.
I think I could have taken better photos for Week 1 Assignment 1. It was nice to follow-up, but because the shop is so small, I feel like it is difficult to produce professional photos.
This course prepared me for my career by providing me the experience I needed to run my own website. At some point, I want to change the template of my site, but overall, I am happy with what I learned this month.
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NEW! Personal Story with Stephanie Grijalva, Homelessness Advocate and Coordinator
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NEW STORY! Separation Anxiety in Cats: Human Health Benefits and Treatment
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Check out this new post on managing housing maintenance in low-income communities:
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Discussing Today's of Hip-Hop and Rap Music With Local Artist, Courtesy of The Copper Arts Hub
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