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Reuters doesn't 'accept' the allegations, it's merely reporting on them: "UK parliament committee says Huawei colludes with the Chinese state" is not the same a
by wcerfgba 6y ago
Reuters doesn't 'accept' the allegations, it's merely reporting on them: "UK parliament committee says Huawei colludes with the Chinese state" is not the same as "Huawei colludes with the Chinese state".
The report from the Select Committee is available online [1] and although it does cite _some_ very loose indications of collusion, I agree that more substantive evidence could be presented. From the report:
> A further geopolitical consideration our inquiry highlighted was Huawei’s relationship with the Chinese state. It is clearly strongly linked to the Chinese state and the Chinese Communist Party, despite its statements to the contrary, as evidenced by its ownership model and the subsidies it has received. Additionally, Huawei’s apparent willingness to support China’s intelligence agencies and China’s 2017 National Intelligence Law are further cause for concern. Having a company so closely tied to a state and political organisation sometimes at odds with UK interests should be a point of concern and the decision to remove Huawei from our networks is further supported by these links. Concern about Huawei is based on clear evidence of collusion between the company and the Chinese Communist Party apparatus, and it is important that the West does not succumb to ill-informed anti-China hysteria and recognises the mutual benefits of Chinese involvement in our economy. We recommend that the UK, and allies, should ensure that decisions taken around the involvement of Chinese companies are taken in an evidence-based manner, and only when risk is demonstrable should decisions around removal be made.
[1] https://committees.parliament.uk/work/134/the-security-of-5g/publications/ https://committees.parliament.uk/work/134/the-security-of-5g...
- WarOnPrivacy 6y ago>Reuters doesn't 'accept' the allegations, it's merely reporting on them: What does that even mean? They clearly accepted the allegations into their reporting. You can evidence this for yourself by reading the article. Legislatures are not independent bodies; 5-eyes member legislatures in particular. They are self-interested, self-serving, political entities with long histories of deceiving the public - especially regarding matters spun as national security - in order to advance their own interests. This self-serving body, Parliament, self-published their allegations. Their message was readily available to the public. Zero news orgs were required to complete that task. That done, Reuters opted to insert itself into the process, to the end of amplifying UK Govs' narrative. Assuming Reuters has at least minimal competency, they are painflly aware that MPs frequently lie and mislead the public about national security matters - often by parroting carefully crafted IC/LEO messages. Given the source's nearly unbroken history of lying and misleading the public, choosing to "merely report" without any effort to protect the public from a high likelyhood of false information doesn't even rise to the level of neglect. Willful collusion might be a better description - which, btw, is the same misdeed that Parliament is accusing Huawei of.