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Their sponsors also include Google, Microsoft, Oracle, etc. who would likely prefer not to escalate the ‘new cold war’ since it would hurt their profits.
by abc-xyz 6y ago
Their sponsors also include Google, Microsoft, Oracle, etc. who would likely prefer not to escalate the ‘new cold war’ since it would hurt their profits.
- throwaway4good 6y agoNot really. Facebook is quite publically trying to get Chinese social media banned simply to avoid the competition. Microsoft is directly benifiting from the promised TikTok ban by potentially getting TikTok US for a much lower price.
- dis-sys 6y agoNo, as clearly listed on ASPI's official website, Google, Microsoft, Oracle are sponsors of ASPI's International Cyber Policy Centre (ICPC), they are not sponsors of ASPI itself. ASPI sponsors and ICPC sponsors are listed separately on ASPI's official website for a reason. https://www.aspi.org.au/sponsors https://www.aspi.org.au/sponsors
- abc-xyz 6y agoTheir annual report does not make this distinction: https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/ad-aspi/2019-10/ASPI%20AR_18_19_acc.pdf?KUIH5L_aiOUu4hm96FaCXmN2cqEv5Do8= https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/ad-aspi/2019-10/ASPI... But it’s really besides the point. Instead of attacking the authors or their sponsors, perhaps we should focus on the content instead. What’s happening here would be equivalent to me attacking you or the parent (and vice versa) for having a comment history pushing CCP talking points.