About: William Holstein

This is an important article in today’s New York Times. To summarize for anyone who doesn’t have electronic access to the Times, Julia Angwin, a contributing opinion writer, argues that the right used social media to help Trump win the election. It’s perhaps one reason the traditional “mainstream” media was so surprised by the election […]…

By William J. Holstein America’s chief executive officers have spent decades riding the China dragon. A U.S. shopper has to merely step into a Dollar General or a Wal-Mart—or an Apple store or Tesla dealership–to understand the staggering range of products made in China. But now that a re-elected President Trump is threatening to impose […]…

Articles today in both the New York Times and Washington Post carry further details about “Salt Typhoon,” the moniker that Microsoft has given to the latest Chinese hacking group. It’s still not clear whether Salt Typhoon was able to listen to the words used during calls made to and from the Republican and Democratic candidates […]…

This is incredible. The Chinese state-affiliated Salt Typhoon group has penetrated Verizon’s systems and is snooping on the calls of both Republican and Democrat candidates for president as well as other senior political figures. The intruders may still be inside. This is an example of how incredibly vulnerable we are because we maintain a distinction […]…

Elon Musk has broken ranks with the other Big Tech companies that own major social media platforms. Zuckerberg et al are not making any effort to monitor or curate their “content.” But Musk has taken it a step further and is flooding X with his own posts, many of which are deepfakes, falsehoods or memes. […]…