erosram t1_j6e7v7s wrote
Reply to comment by RollingTater in TikTok’s master plan to win over Washington — Millions spent on lobbyists, a billion spent on safeguards. Will it be enough to stay in the United States? (26 Jan. 2023) by marketrent
Because American companies taking Americans data is not a security risk for them, China taking Americans data is a security risk for them.
Witty-Village-2503 t1_j6ey1st wrote
But if that really was a concern then the US should be adding data protection laws. Facebook is already giving data to China.
Facebook confirms data-sharing agreements with Chinese firms
skolioban t1_j6g30n1 wrote
Basically "US billionaires making more money = good" while "China billionaires making more money = bad" because it's zero sum to them. It all comes down to that.
doncastiglionejr t1_j6h711h wrote
False . This is like the whoever Russian influencing elections and other nefarious acts. But bury the lede when you wanna be on china's balls becauae they're cornered and scared of big ol United States
JockstrapCummies t1_j6g9nqr wrote
Because American politicians still live in a world of nation states, refusing to realise that the tech moguls don't have any national allegiance.
doncastiglionejr t1_j6h73el wrote
They do when you fine their ass and can possibly break them up like they did Microsoft back in the day. Learn your history folks
JockstrapCummies t1_j6h9veh wrote
>They do when you fine their ass and can possibly break them up like they did Microsoft back in the day.
That was back in the day when the technology sector wasn't the biggest constituent of the American oligarchy.
As we see the political class and some of the old families bow to them now.
[deleted] t1_j6h0nj1 wrote
They do though. The nation they reside in. Beyond this the ability for a state to reach out and grab someone has never been better. So your notion of tech billionaire being out of danger is nothing but a Hollywood fiction.
Fast_Championship_R t1_j6fem58 wrote
I agree, but at a minimum we cannot have apps like Tik tok feeding information directly to our enemies.
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