New York: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday indicated a major expansion of US government restrictions on China’s technology. He said that the government wants these ‘non-trusted Chinese apps’ to be removed from Google and Apple App Store. In the opinion of outside experts, Pompeo’s proposals are vague and possibly illegal. Pompeo described the popular video app TicTalk and messaging app WeChat, used by US people to communicate with other people in the US and China, as a major threat to the personal data of US citizens. Along with this, he said that we should not forget the means of ‘censorship’ on the content of CCP. CCP refers to the Communist Party of China.
The US government is already taking steps against China’s technology companies. For example, China’s telecommunications equipment provider Huawei has been banned. Not only this, but the US is also asking other countries not to use Huawei devices. US telecommunications companies have been banned from using government funds for equipment and services from Huawei and another Chinese telecommunications equipment company, ZTE. Citing national security concerns, the US has also banned Google from offering its own Android app, such as Google Maps, for Huawei’s phone. The Federal Communications Commission is considering stopping the operations of China’s telecommunications companies.
President Donald Trump has threatened to ban Ticktock. However, the legal basis of the move is still uncertain. “It’s just a PR stunt,” Professor Susan Ariel Aronson of George Washington University said via email. It has no basis. There is no purpose. “
