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In the great information war between democracies and dictatorships, whose side is Elon Musk on?
April 25, 2023
It appears he is favoring the dictatorships, according to two reports from the Associated Press. First, Dake Kang at the AP in Beijing reports this on Twitter: “Investigative ex-CCTV journalist Wang Zhi’an’s twitter account has been locked, for unclear reasons. Astonishing squelching of a independent, influential voice in the Chinese language media ecosystem. Wang Zhi’an […]
Staggering: The Chinese Government Uses Twitter to Defend TikTok
April 7, 2023
News that Chinese goverment officials and state-backed media have taken to Twitter in the United States to defeat governmental and legislative efforts to ban TikTok is just stunning. It proves several things: –The Chinese government recognizes that TikTok is a strategic weapon and must be defended. The arguments that TikTok is not controlled by ByteDance […]
AI and Quantum Computing Could Make America More Vulnerable to China than It Already Is
April 5, 2023
Mike McLauglin’s and my new article In CPO (Chief Privacy Officer) magazine. Also look at our Battlefield Cyber book here on Amazon. Pre-order it!
China’s App Attack
March 29, 2023
According to Axios, the four most popular apps in America are Chinese–Temu, TikTok, CapCut (an editing tool for TikTok) and SHEIN. Others already in widespread use include Zoom. This way lies madness. The Chinese are sophisticated enough that they can penetrate the IT system of anyone who downloads one of these apps. TikTok, for example, […]
I predict #Apple’s #TimCook will live to regret this picture
March 26, 2023
The term “lap dog” could one day be applied: Apple CEO praises China’s innovation, long history of cooperation on Beijing visit Reuters Fri, March 24, 2023 at 11:32 PM EDT·1 min read SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Apple CEO Tim Cook on Saturday used his first public remarks on his visit to China to praise the country […]
My conversation with Mike Chinoy about media coverage of China
March 26, 2023
Mike Chinoy has written an oral history of how Western correspondents have covered China called Assignment China. I organized a book night for him at the Overseas Press Club on March 23. Here is the Q&A session where he and I drill in on the situation today. His conclusion is that we have reached a […]
