Josephine Wolff, an assistant professor of cybersecurity at Tufts University, published a commentary in the New York Times, saying that the Trump executive order has nothing to do with cybersecurity. She believes that this executive order is an announcement that the United States no longer believes The idea of globalizing the Internet . For the United States, where the technology industry relies heavily on global business, this is a terrible mistake and cannot solve the problem of network security.
The title of the comment is “So what does Trump have against TikTok?”, the following is the original text:
President Trump issued two executive orders on the evening of August 6, prohibiting TikTok and WeChat transactions in the United States, citing national security issues. But this decision actually has nothing to do with cybersecurity, but Trump’s fierce retaliation for the tension in Sino-US relations.
In January, in the absence of any evidence that TikTok’s parent company ByteDance shared data with China, the US Department of Defense required military personnel to uninstall TikTok from mobile phones issued by the government. Considering the sensitivity of their work, this decision is understandable. But if the ban is to be extended to all public mobile devices, some clearer signs are needed to show that the application poses a real risk to other users. Otherwise, this is an anti-competitive decision that puts Chinese technology companies at a disadvantage in the name of security.
The Trump administration has so far not released any evidence that these companies have sent problematic software to users or shared US consumer data with the Chinese government. There is no doubt that the President’s executive order has nothing to do with cyber security . The biggest impact of the ban may not be the revenue of TikTok and WeChat’s parent companies, but a fundamentally different Internet concept.
For many years, the US government has been advocating the concept of an open and global Internet: no matter where the user is, the same online content and services can be used worldwide. Technology companies can conduct international business, and data can be moved freely between data centers around the world. However, if the US government now believes that only data and computer networks within its borders are safe (as shown by the hostility to TikTok and WeChat), then the US simply does not believe in the idea of a globalized Internet. This is a terrible mistake for the United States, where the technology industry relies heavily on global business. Even from a security perspective, this is a mistake.
In order to protect American data, the federal government needs to establish clearer and stricter standards for data protection and the consequences of violations. Merely pretending to restrict the use of TikTok and WeChat can achieve the same or similar purpose. There is no way to solve the thorny problem of cyber security responsibility.
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