China Preaches Data Security
China has announced an initiative calling on countries to avoid conducting mass surveillance against each other and to ensure internet providers don’t steal user data, at a time when some countries are “bullying” others. It comes weeks after the US launched a “Clean Network” initiative to purge the country of Chinese apps. (Qz newsletter)
China is launching its own initiative to set global standards on data security, countering U.S. efforts to persuade like-minded countries to ringfence their networks from Chinese technology.
Announcing the initiative on Tuesday at a Beijing seminar on global digital governance, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi cited growing risks to data security and what he characterized as efforts to politicize security issues and smear rival countries on technology matters—in an apparent swipe at Washington.
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