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What will Trump ban in addition to TikTok shaking sound?

Source: bbc.com
[China News]     07 Aug 2020
U.S. President Trump Monday (August 3) said TikTok would be banned in the United States if the sale was not completed by September 15. Other applications and services in China may also be targeted.
What will Trump ban in addition to TikTok shaking sound?

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U.S. President Trump Monday (August 3) said TikTok would be banned in the United States if the sale was not completed by September 15. Other applications and services in China may also be targeted.

On Sunday (Aug.2), US Secretary of State Pompeo said technology companies in some Asian countries were "providing data directly to Chinese Communist Party ".

Which other Chinese applications are also at risk? The most obvious is Tencent social app, this is in addition to TikTok, Pompeo named the only product.

social app is often described as a social software, but in fact functions far more than social, in addition to sending messages and other social activities, it can also make payments, run additional Mini Programs, find dates and get news, and so on.

What will Trump ban in addition to TikTok shaking sound?

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social app is also seen as a key tool for China's internal monitoring system, and domestic users accused of spreading malicious information need to scan faces and input sounds.

social app are also Chinese Communist Party used to inform expatriates. Earlier this year, a seminar organized by a think-tank at the australian institute for strategic policy discussed that groups in some social app usually recommend resorts, restaurants, etc. but in some key time turned to spreading political messages consistent with beijing's stance.

Meanwhile, security researchers at the canadian citizen laboratory recently conducted a study showing that document and image transmission between non-chinese mainland accounts is monitored and documents and images containing politically sensitive content are added to the review list. Studies have shown that this is not intended to block the content that is disseminated among overseas accounts, but rather to strengthen and improve content reviews at home through such monitoring.

Tencent earlier said that all content shared among social app international users is confidential.


Extended list

India may prompt us as to what other Chinese App will be banned.

India recently banned 59 China-related applications on the grounds that they threat national sovereignty and security. TikTok and social app are well-known, as are other familiar names, including baidu maps, baidu translation, Weibo 、 games "row king's dispute" and "endless duel ", scanning software scanning omnipotent king and QQ mailbox.

The British Broadcasting Corporation contacted the affected apps and games for comment but received no response.

What will Trump ban in addition to TikTok shaking sound?

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India and china have long argued over borders. But one expert said supporting native indian software developers could be the reason for the ban, rather than "real security concerns ".

"They certainly want to signal that India is fed up with China and wants to decouple from it ," said Price (Gareth Price), a senior fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs of the United Kingdom, a Think Tank organization.

In any case, India's actions may be just beginning.

According to local reports, the Indian government is considering further banning 275 applications, some of which may be more familiar to American users, including Alibaba Global Express, NetEase's multiple video games, including several Marvel superhero games, Tencent games (including PUBG), and various applications from mobile phone manufacturer Xiaomi.

Indian media also said the Finnish game "Tribe conflict 》 producer Supercell may also be banned in India, because Tencent holds a large stake in the company.

Perhaps there is reason to worry if america follows this example Riot Games the producers of "hero alliance 》 publishers Riot Games fist games (TW sign up for" sharp games ") and "fortress heroes "(fortress night) Epic Games.


Facial scanning

Pompeo also said the software that collects facial scanning information is worrying. Although he did not name specific products, many Chinese companies owned them.

Social software "fast hand" and selfie software "play beauty makeup" both use face recognition algorithms, which India banned.

It should be noted that restrictions on Chinese companies in the United States are not new. Over the past year or so, Trump government have blacklisted dozens of Chinese companies, restricting them from buying American technology without government approval. These companies include: network security company qihoo 360, video equipment manufacturer dongfang power, cloud intelligent robot operator dada technology, voice recognition technology company iFLYTEK, face recognition equipment provider soup technology and open vision technology.

China has responded firmly against U.S. restrictions on Chinese companies. "We urge the United States to correct its mistakes ," said China Ministry of Foreign Affairs News speaker.

What will Trump ban in addition to TikTok shaking sound?

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Zoom concerns

Zoom is another potentially worrying piece of software.

The video chat software, founded by Chinese-born entrepreneur Yuan Zheng, has recently been heavily criticized. Zoom are accused of closing accounts of overseas Chinese human rights groups that hold online meetings that criticize Chinese government.

The company has announced that it will stop providing services directly to Chinese users and through local partners. "We have informed our clients that this provision will take effect on 23 August ," the statement said.

The timing may be a coincidence, but the move suggests that technology companies may be very careful not to allow the US any reason to question their future honesty.

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