Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said social media silencing such as Twitter’s lifetime ban on former US President Donald Trump risk leading to even more divisiveness.
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Semiconductor firms are seeking extra time to appeal last-minute Trump administration moves to block sales to China’s Huawei, hoping the Biden administration will reverse course.
Huawei Technologies’ founder said on Tuesday he was confident that the Biden administration would bear in mind US business interests when forming its policy towards the Chinese technology giant.
The Biden administration will work to safeguard American telecommunications networks from “untrusted vendors” like Huawei Technologies that threaten national security, the White House said.
The government of Eswatini has backed out of its pledge, made less than two weeks ago, to join the US’s anti-China “Clean Network” programme.
Restrictions should be placed on Internet companies so they aren’t in a position to make unilateral decisions that will affect freedom of speech and democratic values, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said.
Eswatini – formerly Swaziland – has become the first, and possibly last, country in Africa to sign a pledge to join the outgoing Trump administration’s anti-China “Clean Network” programme.
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing US agencies to assess any security risks from Chinese-made drones in American government fleets and to prioritise removing them.
The Trump administration has notified Huawei suppliers, including chip maker Intel, that it is revoking certain licences to sell to the Chinese company and intends to reject dozens of other applications.
The Trump administration blacklisted Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi and 10 other companies as it broadened efforts to undercut the expansion of the country’s technology sector.