Chinese government puts its own tech firms in 'cybersecurity crosshairs' citing fears of US coercion
The Chinese government has put three more Chinese internet platforms’ under its 'cybersecurity crosshairs' citing the 'scenario of the US coercing Chinese firms to submit data'.
Jonathan TalbotDeputy Editor
July 6, 2021 - 12:32PM
China's government has put three more Chinese internet platforms in its "cybersecurity crosshairs" citing the growing risk of cyber security coercion by the United States.
According to Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece the Global Times, the action focuses on three firms that recently launched IPOs in the US market and is part of an effort to protect the "digital economy" from US interference.