Re:ByteDance won't sell TikTok U.S. operations to Oracle or ...
by jariel on Monday September 14, 2020 @07:34AM
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They are not very comparable.
The CCP has an agency within about 85% of Chinese firms, (soon 100%) to ensure companies adhere to the CCP agenda - they actively monitor, censor and promote state propaganda as well as track every citizen for potential wrong doing. Not only, the CCP will use these companies and all the information gathered for whatever use it sees fit i.e. theft, spycraft etc..
Xi can do whatever he wants, when he wants, to whomever, without any material oversight.
Imagine if Trump could dig into the social media records of anyone in America - and a few billion around the world, willy nilly, at will, and do whatever he wants with that information? Obviously China faces repercussions for serious and obvious 'breaches' but they can avoid most of that if it's hidden.
In the US, you generally have to commit some kind of crime or do something noteworthy to attract the ire of the authorities, after which a warrant must be issued for said person's information to be looked at - which is reasonable.
There is somewhat of a problem in that the US doesn't care that much about the privacy of non-citizens, in which case, a photo of you smoking pot could get you barred from entry into the US without much oversight.
This should be updated and regulated for sure - and non-American countries should either require 'foreign storage of data' or for reciprocity in terms of the information that can be looked at.
I don't like Trump, but his push on TT has merit. What he should do is enact legislation that applies universally so that it's not directed in a politicized manner at a single company wherein there is a conflict of interest (TT users ganged together to help ruin his GOP convention - I don't think CCP had anything to do with it, but surely he's angry and wants personal revenge).
It's hugely hypocritical that the EU is so keen on user privacy and allows TT to exist within it's borders. They can't allow data to be stored by any systematic authority that by definition will use that data against the person and state of EU.
The CCP has an agency within about 85% of Chinese firms, (soon 100%) to ensure companies adhere to the CCP agenda - they actively monitor, censor and promote state propaganda as well as track every citizen for potential wrong doing. Not only, the CCP will use these companies and all the information gathered for whatever use it sees fit i.e. theft, spycraft etc..
Xi can do whatever he wants, when he wants, to whomever, without any material oversight.
Imagine if Trump could dig into the social media records of anyone in America - and a few billion around the world, willy nilly, at will, and do whatever he wants with that information? Obviously China faces repercussions for serious and obvious 'breaches' but they can avoid most of that if it's hidden.
In the US, you generally have to commit some kind of crime or do something noteworthy to attract the ire of the authorities, after which a warrant must be issued for said person's information to be looked at - which is reasonable.
There is somewhat of a problem in that the US doesn't care that much about the privacy of non-citizens, in which case, a photo of you smoking pot could get you barred from entry into the US without much oversight.
This should be updated and regulated for sure - and non-American countries should either require 'foreign storage of data' or for reciprocity in terms of the information that can be looked at.
I don't like Trump, but his push on TT has merit. What he should do is enact legislation that applies universally so that it's not directed in a politicized manner at a single company wherein there is a conflict of interest (TT users ganged together to help ruin his GOP convention - I don't think CCP had anything to do with it, but surely he's angry and wants personal revenge).
It's hugely hypocritical that the EU is so keen on user privacy and allows TT to exist within it's borders. They can't allow data to be stored by any systematic authority that by definition will use that data against the person and state of EU.