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China Blocks Meta's $2B Acquisition of AI Firm Manus

• sylware 5mo ago
  I wish EU could resist big tech international finance with the same strength. But corruption may let it happen anyway, with a bit more covolution and internationalization.
  • deaux 5mo ago
    It's something worse than corruption, it's primarily fear and cowardice.
    • sylware 5mo ago
      you mean they were explicitely threaten? If so they should go public about it.
      • deaux 5mo ago
        It doesn't have to be explicit. > If so they should go public about it. See "fear and cowardice".
• garbawarb 5mo ago
  Manus started in China, and China is doing this even though they moved their operations to Singapore. This sounds like a message to Chinese founders not to build their companies in China.
• DivingForGold 5mo ago
  Please explain how China has any power to block this ? Company is in Singapore. Do what ? CCP to kidnap founders family members still in China, which would not surprise me.
  • rawgabbit 5mo ago
    When the US says something is illegal, at times, it cannot enforce it as the actors are beyond its reach. If or when, those actors step onto US soil or a country with an extradition agreement with the US, then they will be arrested and tried. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition_law_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition_law_in_China
  • 0xpiguy 5mo ago
    Unless you have evidence that family members are threatened or arrested m, please don’t make comments like that. It’s not useful for the discussion here.
  • raven12345 5mo ago
    Maybe same as US kidnapped other country's president