China pushes to subject data-related activities to government oversight, as it worries tech giants could use collected data to build alternative power centers
Beijing is calling on tech giants to share their information—and asserting its authority over data held by U.S. companies in China as well
Wall Street Journal Lingling Wei
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@kenroth
Kenneth Roth
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For the Chinese Communist Party, the data of a tech company is an opportunity for surveillance. The right to privacy? Never heard of it. https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@rickcarew
Rick Carew
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Data is Power: How Chinese tech giants delicately dance with the government over who collects, controls and uses data. Great look by @Lingling_Wei at a key issue for Chinese tech giants like Alibaba ( $BABA), Tencent ( $TCEHY) and Bytedance. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
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@jedmark888
Jeremy Mark
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One more reason to push China's central bank digital currency: “China's leaders worry that the country's tech giants could be using their extensive personal and corporate digital records to build alternative power centers in the one-party state.” https://www.wsj.com/...
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Jonathan Cheng
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China has a new attitude toward the value of data, summed up nicely by the government of Shenzhen, home to Tencent, Huawei and other tech giants: “Public data is a new type of state-owned asset, and its data rights belong to the state.” @Lingling_Wei https://www.wsj.com/...
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@shanetews
Shane Tews
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In some ways, #China tech giants know more about citizens than the government, thanks to the personal data they collect. Now Beijing is pressing for access. #tech #privacy #data https://www.wsj.com/...
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@klonkitchen
Klon Kitchen
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This isn't going away. Time to deal with reality: “The new Data Security Law ... [classifies] private-sector data according to its importance to state interests” and “gives authorities considerably more leeway to control data deemed essential to the state.” https://www.wsj.com/..…
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@hughhewitt
Hugh Hewitt
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Tesla agreed to what? What is wrong with American tech executives? What don't they get about the term “genocide?” https://www.wsj.com/...
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@baldingsworld
@baldingsworld
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I can absolutely confirm Chinese tech firms have astounding data and not always the ones you think of. I can also remember Galaxy Brains touting China's data privacy https://www.wsj.com/...
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@ninarosenwald
Nina Rosenwald
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In some ways, China's tech giants know more about citizens than the government, thanks to the personal data they collect. Now Beijing is pressing for access. - COMING SOON TO A THEATER NEAR US?? RT https://www.wsj.com/...
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@thedragonfeeder
Chris Fenton
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“The #CCP is now calling on big tech companies like #Tencent, online retailing giant #Alibaba & #TikTok owner #ByteDance 2 open up the data they collect from social media, e-comm & other businesses.” @Lingling_Wei #China #NationalSecurity #AI #BigData https://www.wsj.com/...
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@bobdavis187
Bob Davis
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In some ways, China's tech giants know more about citizens than the government, thanks to the personal data they collect. Now Beijing is pressing for access. Expect big impact in DC from this story by @Lingling_Wei https://www.wsj.com/...
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@ryanfedasiuk
Ryan Fedasiuk
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My take on China's new Personal Info Protection Law in today's @WSJ: “Yet another move to strengthen the role of the government and the party vis-à-vis tech companies.” Thanks @Lingling_Wei for the clear coverage & opportunity to weigh in. https://www.wsj.com/...
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@jchengwsj
Jonathan Cheng
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@Lingling_Wei Beijing's newest five-year plan stresses the need for government sway over private firms' data—the first five-year plan to do so. Two new laws, including one passed Thursday, subjects almost all data-related activities to government scrutiny. @Lingling_Wei https://w…
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Jonathan Cheng
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@Lingling_Wei One proposed law would limit data collection rules for private firms—but not for the government. “Less invasive...data collection...is a good thing...But China's push for data privacy strikes me as yet another move to strengthen...the party.” @Lingling_Wei https://w…
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@jchengwsj
Jonathan Cheng
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Important story by @Lingling_Wei on what is quickly emerging as the latest fault line between Beijing and China's tech giants—and by extension, the U.S. Namely, all that user data being stockpiled by Tencent, Alibaba and Bytedance, among others. https://www.wsj.com/...