The standard shouldn't be any different and that's precisely the problem here: * NSA is a governmental agency that by construction is tied to the state. Bytedance, Huawai and Tencent are privately owned companies in…
Do you have source for this? Huawei sued but we haven't heard any updates on that yet.
These are all valid reasons for concerns yet these do not qualify as proof of wrongdoing from Huawai. For 2) specifically, I'm not sure it would be helpful to declare all private companies started by veterans as…
I think it's not very productive to discuss if one form of atrocity is worse than the other. It's terrible that we have to compare them at all. Just like I wouldn't blame US's actions in the middle east on…
What does ByteDance has to do with the persecution of Uighurs more than what Amazon/Google/Microsoft has to do with the killing in Iraq/Iran/Middle East incurred by the US? I don't have evidence for the latter but it…
The statement "they have implicit and explicit support from the Chinese government" is really indistinguishable from "the problem is they are Chinese".
I'm definitely not saying that the Chinese government is in anyway a good example worthy of our compliments. That discussion however is off topic here. If the US were prepared to backtrack on its reputation as the…
No. The grandparent addresses exactly this point. When Google entered the Chinese search market it was competing fairly with local players: both Baidu and Google have to accept the (authoritarian) rule that they need to…
No it's not "exactly this". The Chinese government sets their (extremely authoritarian) rules on censorship for companies to legally operate in China but the rules apply to everyone equally. Chinese companies of course…
No it's not. The Chinese government sets their (extremely authoritarian) rules on censorship for companies to legally operate in China but the rules apply to everyone equally. Chinese companies of course have to comply,…
The standard shouldn't be any different and that's precisely the problem here: * NSA is a governmental agency that by construction is tied to the state. Bytedance, Huawai and Tencent are privately owned companies in…
Do you have source for this? Huawei sued but we haven't heard any updates on that yet.
These are all valid reasons for concerns yet these do not qualify as proof of wrongdoing from Huawai. For 2) specifically, I'm not sure it would be helpful to declare all private companies started by veterans as…
I think it's not very productive to discuss if one form of atrocity is worse than the other. It's terrible that we have to compare them at all. Just like I wouldn't blame US's actions in the middle east on…
What does ByteDance has to do with the persecution of Uighurs more than what Amazon/Google/Microsoft has to do with the killing in Iraq/Iran/Middle East incurred by the US? I don't have evidence for the latter but it…
The statement "they have implicit and explicit support from the Chinese government" is really indistinguishable from "the problem is they are Chinese".
I'm definitely not saying that the Chinese government is in anyway a good example worthy of our compliments. That discussion however is off topic here. If the US were prepared to backtrack on its reputation as the…
No. The grandparent addresses exactly this point. When Google entered the Chinese search market it was competing fairly with local players: both Baidu and Google have to accept the (authoritarian) rule that they need to…
No it's not "exactly this". The Chinese government sets their (extremely authoritarian) rules on censorship for companies to legally operate in China but the rules apply to everyone equally. Chinese companies of course…
No it's not. The Chinese government sets their (extremely authoritarian) rules on censorship for companies to legally operate in China but the rules apply to everyone equally. Chinese companies of course have to comply,…