> The government is deeply enmeshed in these tech companies' products, from requiring real verified names to censorship and other draconian policies. This simp

> The government is deeply enmeshed in these tech companies' products, from requiring real verified names to censorship and other draconian policies. This simply has no factual evidences, let me give you examples: One claims CCP install party committee in all companies, and those committee controls major personnel appointment, and other critical managerial activities, etc. As we inquired, there is no open report whatsoever about such powerful "committee"... The person then gave a link of a old USSR organization [2]. For all we know CCP is about as different than USSR than US is to USSR... As for the Chinese internet law [3], does not apply to company like TikTok, which explicitly does not allow mainlander to join the network. See [4], "Important: TikTok checks your cell’s SIM card at startup and if you are using a Chinese SIM it will block the access."; there is no way the company voluntarily to bend to a law that it has no obligation to comply... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24016881 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24016881 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24018111 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24018111 [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Internet_Security_Law#:~:text=This%20law%20was%20enacted%20by,on%20a%20company's%20network%20operations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Internet_Security_Law#:~.... [4] https://www.saporedicina.com/english/access-tiktok-china/ https://www.saporedicina.com/english/access-tiktok-china/