• jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
      5·
      5 days ago

      Chinese companies are in a catch 22 in Europe because Chinese law is completely incompatible with EU privacy laws.

      And American companies are one executive order away from being in the same situation.

    • Midnitte@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Executive order isn’t a law though.

      That EO is also focused on commercial security, not citizen privacy:

      The sweeping directive, signed Thursday, covers a range of topics including securing federal communications networks against foreign snoops, issuing tougher sanctions for ransomware gangs, requiring software providers to develop more secure products, and using AI to boost America’s cyber defense capabilities, among others.

  • macattack@lemmy.world
    1111·
    5 days ago

    I think the issue is that TiKtok is just as bad as all the other social media and they are owned by a foreign adversary.

    Foreign adversaries (ie China, Russia and America) use social media for influence campaigns on each other and therefore their social media platforms can’t be trusted. This is why Chinese people similarly can’t use Google or Facebook