White House drops Trump orders trying to ban TikTok, WeChat(apnews.com)
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White House drops Trump orders trying to ban TikTok, WeChat
https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-government-and-politics-d866cf95c7f1b802ffb88b2834117f0b
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Of course - now that we have an administration actively trying to appease the CCP... and which doesn't care about American citizens' privacy: what else would you expect?
I think it's a bit much to characterize this as appeasing the CCP. The article is clear about using evidence for curtailing national security risks instead of blanket bans.
Recently he has extended bans on investing in Chinese surveillance companies: https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/3/22516719/
Policies on selling to Huawei have also been maintained: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-idUSKBN2B...
What actions by this admin lead you to think appeasement is the goal?
Recently he has extended bans on investing in Chinese surveillance companies: https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/3/22516719/
Policies on selling to Huawei have also been maintained: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-idUSKBN2B...
What actions by this admin lead you to think appeasement is the goal?
Not a fan of China nor tracking, but let the public decide for themselves whether they care or not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump%E2%80%93TikTok_co... has background on the various steps taken last year.
The data collection aspect seems to be on-par with what Silicon Valley tech companies do
"Patrick Jackson, chief technology officer of privacy company Disconnect, said the app sends an abnormal amount of data—mostly information about the phone—to its server, but there is limited evidence that TikTok is sharing these data with the Chinese government. He also noted that the amount of collected data was similar to that collected by American-originated social media platforms and was less than that collected by Facebook."
The data collection aspect seems to be on-par with what Silicon Valley tech companies do
"Patrick Jackson, chief technology officer of privacy company Disconnect, said the app sends an abnormal amount of data—mostly information about the phone—to its server, but there is limited evidence that TikTok is sharing these data with the Chinese government. He also noted that the amount of collected data was similar to that collected by American-originated social media platforms and was less than that collected by Facebook."
How would this CTO possibly know what data is shared with the Chinese government?