The irony of Trumps Huawei ban is that the alleged conduct of abusing technology for mass surveillance is exactly the conduct of the US. It turned its entire tech sector into a spy machine against all people, everywhere. And because the US does it they think China will do it too.
‘Mass surveillance is exactly what the US does’: Dotcom points out glaring irony of Huawei ban
Kim Dotcom has slammed the US for hypocrisy over its Huawei ban given America’s history of “abusing technology” and “turning its entire tech sector into a spy machine.”
The Megaupload founder took to Twitter in the wake of the ban to highlight that the abuse of technology for mass surveillance is “exactly the conduct of the US” and said that “because the US does it, they think China will too.”
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Trump declared a “national emergency” for the telecommunications sector on Wednesday, citing risks from “foreign adversaries.”
The US Commerce Department subsequently added Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and 70 affiliates to its so-called Entity List, which bans the Chinese brand from buying parts from US companies without government approval, making it difficult for Huawei to sell some of its products because of its reliance on US parts.
Adam Lackman @adamlackmanAmerica taught the rest of the world about electronic interference. Everyone else is just starting to catch up.
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Brad Ruiters @braddo_ctI doubt the USG believe that #Huawei will do anything. It seems the moment they found it difficult to spy using Huawei infrastructure, they decided to trash the brand with the Sinophobic narrative they already had going.
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Dotcom pointed out that the US has used tech companies to spy on its own citizens as well as people all around the world. The extent of US surveillance was revealed by National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013 when he exposed the US’ warrantless surveillance, including listening in on phone conversations, its ability to compel tech companies like Google and Facebook to turn over user data, and the XKeyscore tool that can be used to collect nearly everything a user does on the internet.
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