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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 Tence…

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 c…

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 acti…

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…

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 b…

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…

Yes, the closest example would be Huawai in this case but the lack of uniformly enforced rules is deafening. If US were to decide that all telecom equipment used in the US must be …

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 everyon…

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. Chin…