Discussion

• @theincrdblhulse Courtney Hulse on x

  I know everyone's excited about TikTok, but WeChat (owned by Tencent) is also under scrutiny with a decision coming up this weekend. Word is, the White House is discussing it today, and a decision (or at least some kind of development...) is due on Sunday. https://twitter.com/...

• @sdonnan Shawn Donnan on x

  Is the Trump administration now gunning for #Fortnite after #Tiktok? Great story from @jendeben et al on how Washington is now asking gaming companies about their investments from China's' Tencent. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @sbanjo Shelly Banjo on x

  This is going to be a big deal! If you think TikTok was bad, if the Trump admin starts unwinding investments by Tencent, the world's largest gaming company, this could have a major impact on the industry and tech markets https://twitter.com/...

• @zhugeex Daniel Ahmad on x

  “The latest move is part of heightened scrutiny on Chinese companies and their ties to U.S. firms by the Trump administration. In August, President Donald Trump ordered a ban on Tencent's WeChat app.” CFIUS has the authority to block / unwind deals. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @koush @koush on x

  Smells like the US will force more fire sales of Chinese companies under the guise of national security. TikTok was just a start. https://twitter.com/...

• @slasher Rod Breslau on x

  the Trump administration has asked gaming companies related to Tencent, including sending letters to Epic Games and Riot Games, to provide information about their data-security protocols, according to a new report https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @thegrugq Thaddeus E. Grugq on x

  Been talking about this for a while now with @daveaitel @HostileSpectrum and others. Tencent is the big one. They loaded with cash, have hundreds of offensive security researchers, and they control extremely popular games: fortnite, 350m players league of legends, 115m players ht…

• @tommackenzietv Tom Mackenzie on x

  Key points on this Tencent data scrutiny story: - It's US assets worth at least $22B, 6-7% of profits - includes Riot Games, Epic & Activision - CFIUS has power to order undoing of these investments https://www.bloomberg.com/... @QuickTake #Tencent #China #gaming https://twitter.…

• @dylanbyers Dylan Byers on x

  The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has sent letters to Epic Games, Riot Games and other TENCENT-backed video game companies re: data security...... https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @colinwilhelm Colin Wilhelm on x

  Fortnite *does* ask for a lot of user info on sign up...I'm, uh, told by sources. https://twitter.com/...

• @daveaitel @daveaitel on x

  This is a smart move... https://cybersecpolitics.blogspot.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...