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China doesn't ban apps, even US made ones. Instead they mandate that apps that operate in China must follow Chinese regulations, privacy laws and of course pro
by jpgvm 4y ago
China doesn't ban apps, even US made ones.
Instead they mandate that apps that operate in China must follow Chinese regulations, privacy laws and of course provide access to Chinese agencies as requested.
Many American companies have decided they aren't interested in operating in the Chinese market if they have to do so under these rules. That is completely their choice and completely reasonable if you have moral issues with how the Chinese government operates their market.
Meanwhile many American companies like Microsoft for instance are happy to comply with said regulations in order to gain access to the market.
I don't think the regulations the Chinese impose are protectionist (like what the US is talking about doing) but they definitely are morally queasy for some, especially the censorship and government access rules.
So the whole "American companies are banned in China" is mostly nonsense AFAICT.
- winddude 4y ago> Instead they mandate that apps that operate in China must follow Chinese regulations, privacy laws and of course provide access to Chinese agencies as requested. And how do they do that? With the threat of banning / not allowing them to operate.
- jpgvm 4y agoThe laws are stated. If you publish an app the the App Store that violates US law you can be sure it's taken down pronto as well. TikTok isn't violating US laws, they just want it removed for "national security reasons". The US has plenty of better options to deal with this like applying broad data privacy legislation such as what EU and China have enacted, creation of a regulator to enforce this and inspect entities to ensure they are playing by the rules etc.
- tzs 4y agoThat applies equally to domestic apps and foreign apps.
- verdverm 4y agoEffectively banned, you don't have to outright ban something to make it effectively not doable