@thehill Not in any way defending China here, but just pointing out the hypocricy of US ”free trade” rhetoric.
US free trade is free only as long as US companies benefit off it. Freedom flies out the door immediately when it’s companies are outcompeted.
I agree, in principle, but since the principle "change through trade" has not worked out regarding China--at least since President #Xi has been at the helm--and the start of the #EnergyWars, #NationalSecurity aspects should, as in China, have predominance. As #Elmo's #Tesla has shown, modern #EV|s are also 3D surveillance vehicles.
If there is a #NationalSecurity (not #DataPrivacy) for #TikTok to be made, a very rare bipartisan law, def. 4 EVs, 2
@HistoPol @thehill Fair point. And I would go so far as to say tha change through trade never was a flawed idea from the start. Europe tried it with Russia, look where it go us.
However, should the US really want maximum competition & maximum innovation, they could legislate themselves out of the surveillance aspects of the problem with #datahygiene as the clause for being able to do business.
I'm not against it, don't get me wrong.
I'm a student of narratives. Two-face calls me to call it.
What exactly do you mean by "with #datahygiene as the clause for being able to do business."...#DataHygiene?
@HistoPol @thehill Data hygiene means treatmeant of data in a controlled way.
I live in #Finland. Here we have one of the most advanced data hygiene legislations in the world.
Companies can be sanctioned or stopped from doing business if they are handling customer data insecurely.
Data hygiene regulations are enforced actively by the state. Companies that handle sensitive customer data have to prove they will do so before they are granted permission to operate.
@HistoPol @thehill There’s no history of US big tech being sued for breaking data hygiene laws yet
We don’t mandate processing all customer data inside our borders. US could do that though and make data hygiene compliance the cost of doing business
There’s been talks of mandating this in #EU. Not happened yet
What did happen was the #US state investing in strong #lobbying campaigns against it in Brussels
US state certainly throws it’s weight behind it’s companies
Hm, US #BigTech not breaking data privacy,...IDK.
#Zuckerberg is known for (too) "freely" colaborating with state agencies, for one thing, for another, there was the #CambridgeAnalytica scandal which led to the (IMO) insane #ProjectAnalyticaSummit. Even after passing the dark-red light of the scandal, not much had changed:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110536828149575634
It is widely known, IMO, that #Meta is even selling customer data as part of its business model.
Toni Aittoniemi
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