While Americans gear up for a long presidential political season, Communist China is weaponizing technology against America and the rest of the world. China’s efforts to weaponize technology like AI and TikTok against the U.S. have become increasingly clear heading into a presidential election. It’s so obviously dangerous that even New York City officials have banned Chinese-owned TikTok from government-issued devices amid growing and bipartisan security concerns over the app’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to The Verge reporting on August 16. The move comes after the CCP’s interim regulations requiring artificial intelligence (AI) to uphold “socialist core values” went into effect.
New York City’s decision followed a NYC Cyber Command review that concluded that TikTok “posed a security threat to the city’s technical networks,” The Verge reported. A spokesperson for the city’s government defended the decision, saying, “While social media is great at connecting New Yorkers […]
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