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Huawei's offices in France raided by financial prosecutors
- WhyUVoteGarbage 3y agoReuters' coverage is equally terse: https://www.reuters.com/technology/french-authorities-searched-huawei-offices-over-financial-wrongdoings-reports-2024-02-08/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/french-authorities-search...
- paganel 3y ago[flagged]
- dang 3y agoCould you please stop posting flamebait (including nationalistic flamebait, which you've been doing repeatedly) and/or unsubstantive comments? It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. Once accounts go too far down this road, we end up having to ban them. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and adjusting so your comments are within those lines, we'd appreciate it.
- paganel 3y agoI'd also appreciate if you'd add the capability to delete our accounts/past comments, that would be swell. It would also be in the spirit of EU law, while we're talking about "nationalistic" stuff, that is. Later edit: What do you find "nationalistic" about interviews and sources like this one [1]? > Africa: How France Continues to Dominate Its Former Colonies in Africa > In France’s former African colonies, imperialist monetary policies from Paris continue to cripple domestic economies and undermine democracy. Colonialism in Africa won’t have meaningfully come to an end until true economic sovereignty is allowed to flourish. At least own up to it, and openly say that you guys do not like the anti-China/anti-Russia discourse to be challenged, I'm ok with that, it's your website after all, but at least be honest about it. [1] https://www.cadtm.org/Africa-How-France-Continues-to-Dominate-Its-Former-Colonies-in-Africa https://www.cadtm.org/Africa-How-France-Continues-to-Dominat...
- dang 3y ago> you guys do not like the anti-China/anti-Russia discourse to be challenged That's not the case at all, as anyone can confirm for themselves via HN Search. Here's a list I put together for some users who were feeling this way a few years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/chinamod https://news.ycombinator.com/chinamod, in the China case. It's out of date now but should make the point. But nothing you're bringing up here seems relevant to the issue of you breaking HN's rules and us needing you to stop that.
- fakedang 3y agoOn a tangential note, why is account deletion locked behind an email?
- alephnerd 3y agoHuh, so India's raiding of Huawei on tax charges might not be spurious.
- umeshunni 3y agoThat was Vivo, wasn't it?
- alephnerd 3y agoHuawei was raided by India's Income Tax authories in 2022 [0][1] [0] - https://www.reuters.com/technology/india-has-accused-huawei-tax-evasion-says-government-source-2022-03-03/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/india-has-accused-huawei-... [1] - https://www.wsj.com/articles/indian-tax-authorities-raid-chinas-huawei-triggering-protest-from-beijing-11645106287 https://www.wsj.com/articles/indian-tax-authorities-raid-chi...
- novolunt 3y ago[dead]
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agoCNN Lite: https://lite.cnn.com/2024/02/09/tech/china-huawei-france-financial-investigation-intl-hnk/index.html https://lite.cnn.com/2024/02/09/tech/china-huawei-france-fin...
- rconti 3y agoThank you for CNN Lite! That's fantastic.
- binkHN 3y agoWow. Never knew about CNN Lite. It loads instantly like good websites should and the content is readable because ads are not flying in from all over the place. Does this work for all CNN articles?
- calamari4065 3y agoHoly shit, it's been such a long time since I've seen a website load immediately upon opening the link. It's beautiful.
- reaperducer 3y agoAlso good for edge case use. I use CNN Lite to read the news on my TRS-80.
- sgu999 3y ago> on my TRS-80. Please tell us more!
- watermelon0 3y agoWow indeed. CNN lite's html is 15 kB, whereas the full page's html is whopping 1.3 MB compressed (and 3.5 MB uncompressed).
- dikaio 3y agoSo in other words, propaganda lite.
- gmerc 3y agoJust enforcing the law. Happens all the time https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/24/google-offices-paris-raided-french-tax-authorities https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/24/google-of...
- reaperman 3y agoOdd to me that for companies like Google the state doesn't believe they can get what they need from simple subpoenas, but rather feel they need to forcibly seize records in person.
- lorkios 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber_Files#Kill_switch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber_Files#Kill_switch Uber implemented a kill switch to prevent government law enforcement from accessing (potentially) incriminating or sensitive information during onsite investigations. When activated, the kill switch would effectively cut off access to Uber's data for the location being raided. Expecting companies to fully cooperate with state agencies might not always be realistic... I understand why authorities might prefer to directly seize materials or data. It eliminates any potential delay or non-compliance: they basically cut the bullshit.
- Log_out_ 3y agoShould count as admission of guilt for all alleged crimes.
- AlbertCory 3y ago"spoliation" is the term you're after. https://civilprocedure.uslegal.com/discovery/spoliation-of-evidence/ https://civilprocedure.uslegal.com/discovery/spoliation-of-e...
- dbmajorkey 3y agoI love Hacker News... the random things you learn
- neom 3y agoGood luck France. Remember what happened to Canada after the Meng Wanzhou situation? Wasn't great. Not saying don't enforce the laws, just... good luck.
- hef19898 3y agoWhat exactly did happen to Canada? Were they wiped of the map or something?
- neom 3y agoYup, you didn't hear? Canada no longer exists. Now y'all are gonna have to consume that inferior Vermont maple syrup. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230509-the-key-issues-straining-china-canada-relations https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230509-the-key-issue...
- jbverschoor 3y agoThe same happened to the UK here after the Brexit.
- DyslexicAtheist 3y agoCanada isn't real. It's just a Chinese PsyOp.
- hef19898 3y agoWhat is it with Super Powers being in conflict with their own covert ops?
- maxloh 3y agoI would say that those two Canadians put themselves in danger the moment they entered an authoritarian country. It is ridiculous to expect that one will get a fair trial in these kinds of countries; law just exists there not to protect the general public, but the dictator himself.
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- HermitX 3y agoI believe that everyone's thoughts are influenced by the information they receive. We have some stereotypes about certain countries and peoples. But in reality, we have neither been there in person nor do we know any of the people from there. Our impressions of them are entirely imposed on us by the media, and it's truly sad that we have a negative view of them because of these impressions.
- martinsnow 3y ago[flagged]
- HermitX 3y agoI hope you and your sharp opinions make you happy. You don't need to worry about what kind of person I am.
- martinsnow 3y agoYou defend terrible people and a terrible regime. That makes you per definition a bad person.
- yogorenapan 3y agoI disagree. Yes, the Chinese government sucks and should be replaced. However, that says nothing about the people in China. I have massive respect for the authors of Trojan-gfw and v2ray and that has nothing to do with their race or nationality.
- dang 3y agoYou can't post like this here, no matter how wrong someone else is or you feel they are. We have to ban accounts that break HN's rules this badly, so if you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and take the intended spirit more to heart, that would be good.
- faebi 3y agoRight before Chinese new year, wonderful timing
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