The president’s restrictions on Chinese tech may be part of an eye-for-an-eye logic called reciprocity. The price could be a global patchwork of online fiefs.
Trump’s Attacks on TikTok and WeChat Could Further Fracture the InterneT
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Trump’s beef with TikTok is an existential threat to the internet
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When it comes to the Internet, Trump prefers the Chinese model
This week, the Trump administration explicitly announced its intention to work toward a new bipolar world of technology, carved up between the United States and China. The administration had already made clear that it would either ban the Chinese video app TikTok or force its sale to a U.S. company. Then it announced a sweeping “Clean Network” program, which seeks to ban virtually all Chinese information technology products — phone carriers, apps, cloud servers, even undersea cables.
So What Does Trump Have Against TikTok? His foolish and dangerous edicts suggest that the United States, like China, no longer believes in a global internet.
The one thing my students all invariably know about China is that you can’t use Facebook there, or YouTube or Google. For at least a decade, China has maintained strict control over the internet and aggressively blocked foreign tech platforms within its borders.
Is the US about the split the internet?
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he wants a “clean” internet.
What he means by that is he wants to remove Chinese influence, and Chinese companies, from the internet in the US.