> ByteDance faces much stronger political pressures from the US than from China.
Of course! Because tiktok should be banned everywhere.
> The Chinese government can request whatever it likes, but ByteDance can structure its operations to make those requests impossible or difficult to fulfill
LOL no it can’t. They would not risk getting thrown in jail for nothing by refusing a request from the CCP.
> American tech executives know that they can face regulatory action if they say "no" to requests, so they have a very strong incentive to comply with demands to provide data, censor content, and help US government influence operations (see the recent revelations that Twitter worked with the US government on covert influence campaigns using inauthentic accounts).
Companies challenge data requests all the time. The fact is you cannot challenge that request with the CCP.
Unsure why you’re hell bent on defending the CCP with whataboutism. Because what the US does isn’t even close to that of China.
> Because what the US does isn’t even close to that of China.
The US actually appears to have a much more extensive global surveillance system than China does. Nothing even remotely comparable to what Snowden revealed has yet come to light about China.
> They would not risk getting thrown in jail for nothing by refusing a request from the CCP.
This is a very cartoonish view of how things in China work. The Chinese government knows that an attempt to leverage a company like TikTok (or Huawei) to spy on foreign countries could backfire and damage Chinese companies abroad. So far, it appears not to have used these companies for spying to any measurable extent. The NSA hacked into Huawei's systems, and found no evidence of spying. British GCHQ regularly audited Huawei's hardware and operations, and never found any evidence of spying.
> The fact is you cannot challenge that request with the CCP.
If the Chinese government requests data from TikTok, an American company, that sits on US-based servers, TikTok actually can challenge that request. US laws will come into play, and it will not be a simple matter to transfer the data (particularly in secret).
> If the Chinese government requests data from TikTok, an American company, that sits on US-based servers, TikTok actually can challenge that request. US laws will come into play, and it will not be a simple matter to transfer the data (particularly in secret).
Lol the CCP doesn’t need to go to tiktok it goes to the parent company to access data. Bytedance. Which we know has infact accessed data from China.
But it’s clear now that you support the CCP so this is a pointless conversation.
Of course! Because tiktok should be banned everywhere.
> The Chinese government can request whatever it likes, but ByteDance can structure its operations to make those requests impossible or difficult to fulfill
LOL no it can’t. They would not risk getting thrown in jail for nothing by refusing a request from the CCP.
> American tech executives know that they can face regulatory action if they say "no" to requests, so they have a very strong incentive to comply with demands to provide data, censor content, and help US government influence operations (see the recent revelations that Twitter worked with the US government on covert influence campaigns using inauthentic accounts).
Companies challenge data requests all the time. The fact is you cannot challenge that request with the CCP.
Unsure why you’re hell bent on defending the CCP with whataboutism. Because what the US does isn’t even close to that of China.