Chris Smith said TikTok’s lobby campaign targeting minors was ‘greatly disturbing’

TikTok’s effort to recruit American kids as ‘foreign agents’ for China against ban may backfire: ‘Disturbing’ Chris Smith said TikTok’s lobby campaign targeting minors was ‘greatly disturbing’ By Brianna Herlihy FIRST ON FOX — A lawmaker leading the Congressional-Executive Commission on China sent a scathing notice to social media company TikTok for allegedly “targeting” children who…

Smith bill reauthorizing Trafficking Victims Protection Act passes House

All 12 N.J. House members support anti-trafficking legislation By Joey Fox, February 14 2024 Last night, the House overwhelmingly passed the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act, a bill authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) that reauthorizes anti-trafficking legislation he first shepherded through Congress in 2000. “This critical legislation reauthorizes funding for FY2024 through…

Lunch with a concentration camp survivor made Rep. Chris Smith a human rights champion

By Mark A. Kellner – The Washington Times – Thursday, February 1, 2024 Rep. Chris Smith’s journey as a campaigner for human rights and religious liberty began decades ago in a small New Jersey eatery over a meal with a Holocaust survivor. Mr. Smith‘s father ran a wholesale sporting goods business next to a Jewish delicatessen in the small town of Colonia,…

Rep. Smith secured $439,000 to help launch cybersecurity program

Brookdale Community College cuts ribbon for Center for Excellence for Cybersecurity Education             At a ceremony at Brookdale Community College, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) joined Brookdale President Dr. David Stout, Monmouth County Commissioner Director Tom Arnone, Cyber Center Director Professor Michael Qaissaunee and other local officials, faculty, and students to mark…

Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez released from prison, exiled to the Vatican

By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Monday, January 15, 2024 A Nicaraguan bishop imprisoned for denouncing the government’s human rights violations against the Catholic Church and its members was among over a dozen religious leaders released and handed over to Vatican authorities. The Nicaraguan government released Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa and 18 other imprisoned clergy members…

Congressman Smith: ‘UNRWA schools are breeding grounds for hatred’

Witnesses who testified called for the dismissal of Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestine. By ZVIKA KLEIN NOVEMBER 9, 2023 The Committee on Foreign Affairs and Global Health on Capitol Hill, led by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), took aim at the United Nations’ long-standing bias against Israel on Wednesday. The focal point…