WAO ART #170

An Australian Senate committee has recommended extending the ban on TikTok from federal government devices to WeChat, China's most popular social media platform. The committee also suggested that social media giants like Facebook and Twitter should be more transparent or face fines.

MicroStrategy, the company with the most Bitcoin, has released its second quarter earnings report.The company had an estimated 152,333 Bitcoins worth approximately $4.5 billion as of July 28. With Bitcoin's rise, MicroStrategy's losses on its digital assets decreased to $18.9 million.

Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has announced his retirement from football at the age of 45. Buffon, widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, had a career spanning 28 years. He won the World Cup with Italy in 2006 and lifted 10 Serie A titles with Juventus.

Typhoon Khanun has hit southern Japan, causing evacuations and power outages on the Okinawa islands. This is the third typhoon to hit East Asia in three weeks, following Typhoons Talim and Doksuri. The heavy rains from these storms have caused flooding and landslides.

The charges against Donald Trump in his latest indictment are the most serious ones he has faced yet. The indictment alleges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election by repeatedly lying to the American people while he was president.

The president of El Salvador has ordered thousands of soldiers to surround a rural region in an effort to flush out gang members. This military deployment is part of Bukele's ongoing war on gangs, which has already led to the arrest of over 70,000 suspected gang members since March 2022.

TikTok has been suspended in Senegal after it was found to be spreading "hateful and subversive messages threatening the stability of the country," according to Minister of Communication Moussa Bocar. Social media app has been described as the "preferred network for people with malicious intent."