The Biden administration is once again getting questioned for allowing dangerous Chinese Tech companies to operate in the United States.
“The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is synonymous with espionage. The country’s tech companies, we’re told, give the CCP a vital edge. Companies include the likes of Baidu and Alibaba. Why, then, are both operating on U.S. soil?” the Federalist wrote in its opinion article.
“Alibaba is China’s answer to Amazon. The Chinese multinational technology company specializes in e-commerce, retail, internet, and technology, to name just a few areas,” it added.
According to the report, the controversial company has been operating in different parts of the world, including South Korea, Singapore, Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, and the United States.
Americans also expressed their concerns over Alibaba operating in the country despite the fact that it’s very much an ally of the CCP, operating in the U.S., China’s fiercest rival, is worrisome, to say the least.
Because Washington is in bed with China and the #CCP https://t.co/V2fCj3PLHz
— Tim Burchett (@timburchett) November 23, 2022
Amid the controversy, Charles Dunst, a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies released an eye-opening article.
Dunst revealed that “Grindr collects a huge amount of personal data from its users, including everything from HIV status to sexual preferences. Yet the United States has at best piecemeal regulation about the storage of this data. So, when the Chinese internet firm Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd. purchased 60 percent of Grindr in 2016, and then acquired all of it in 2018, the firm found itself with troves of LGBTQ Americans’ sensitive information.”
In response, the White issued an executive order in September, that directs the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS) to consider whether a pending transaction involves the purchase of a firm accessing Americans’ sensitive data, and whether a foreign entity or government could use that information for exploitative purposes.
However, it’s not clear whether it targets China as the executive order did not mention China by name, but the focus is obvious.
“It illustrates the trouble Washington will face in completely closing the wound of lacking regulation. Indeed, our open regulatory environment produces innovation and drives massive profit; there is little private sector interest to change the situation absent a push from the government,” Dunst added.
