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>"We're disappointed that so many states are jumping on the political bandwagon to enact policies that will do nothing to advance cybersecurity in their states
by remarkEon 4y ago
>"We're disappointed that so many states are jumping on the political bandwagon to enact policies that will do nothing to advance cybersecurity in their states and are based on unfounded falsehoods about TikTok," spokesperson Jamal Brown wrote. "We're especially sorry to see the unintended consequences of these rushed policies beginning to impact universities' ability to share information, recruit students, and build communities around athletic teams, student groups, campus publications, and more."
Jamal Brown has quite the resume. Revolving door and all of that.
https://twitter.com/JTOBrown https://twitter.com/JTOBrown
- NickC25 4y agoHe's a lobbyist by any other definition of the word. "Spokesman" is kind of a cop-out to deliberately undersell why he's working with TikTok/Bytedance.
- throwaway29812 4y agoQuite incredible he can go from DoD spokesperson to working at TikTok. I guess there's no law against it, but incredible personal choice.
- remarkEon 4y agoEveryone has a price, and I assume Bytedance knows how valuable having a former DoD spokesman as their PR guy is - especially in this new environment of geopolitical realism. Whatever that price was, I think it's safe to assume it was met.
- rchaud 4y agoA job's a job. A DOD spokesperson isn't receiving any confidential information. Their job is political, just as it would be at Facebook, if they chose to work there.
- rockinghigh 4y agoIn the same vein, Michael Flynn went from being a US Army lieutenant general to a foreign agent lobbying for governments like Turkey.
- throwaway29812 4y agoI think there was a law against that.
- 908B64B197 4y agoMakes me wonder how and why he got the job https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/06/02/tiktok-apologizes-after-claims-blocked-george-floyd-posts/3122296001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/06/02/tiktok-apolog...
- kerpotgh 4y agoSeems pretty cut and dry reasoning. He has an impressive resume.