Recently, the United States has begun to upgrade its "anti-China strategy" under the guise of safeguarding national security.
According to the Observer Network, the U.S. government recently reviewed Alibaba's cloud business in the United States on the grounds that "the Chinese government may obtain data from U.S. customers through this service." If the results of the survey are true, the U.S. government is likely to directly ban Alibaba from continuing to develop cloud services in the United States.
At present, Alibaba is already the world's fourth largest cloud service provider, and its business in the United States is also in the process of thriving, including Silicon Valley, Virginia, etc. there are data centers built by Alibaba, while Ford, IBM and other American companies have business dealings with Alibaba. Alibaba's cloud services business alone can generate about $50 million in revenue in the United States in a year.
The US government's review is also aimed at the rapid growth of Alibaba's cloud services in the United States. In fact, Alibaba cloud services also have many competitors in the United States. Companies including Amazon and Microsoft also have their own cloud service businesses, and Alibaba's entry into the United States has enhanced the competition in the market, which is obviously what these Silicon Valley tech giants do not want to see. Therefore, it is difficult to say whether these technology companies are involved behind this "raid" of the US government.
But even without the scrutiny of these companies, censorship of Chinese companies is the "traditional art" of the US government. Previously, applications including weChat overseas version, Douyin overseas version and other applications have been banned by the US government for no reason, and it is not surprising that Chinese technology companies have been listed on the "investment blacklist" listed by the US government.
At present, the White House press secretary Psaki has not given a clear answer when asked questions about the review, thinking that the whole incident is still in the process of investigation. As for whether the US side will "compile" a reason, it still needs to wait for the relevant statements of the US government to directly ban Alibaba.
In addition to the unfair treatment of Chinese enterprises operating normally in the United States, even the privacy of individuals in the United States will be unjustifiably violated.
Also according to the Observer Network, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration was exposed to having asked Facebook's messaging app "whats" app to specifically track the information of 7 Chinese users. Under the so-called "pen recorder" law in the United States, the Drug Enforcement Administration does not need to give any reason for this wiretapping operation.
Through monitoring, the DRUG Administration can easily monitor when and where these users are using the app through whatsapp, as well as the IP used by the people they are contacting.
Although wahtsapp said that they did not provide any information to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration because of its "service encryption function", I am afraid that no one else knows whether this is the case except for whatsapp-related staff and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
The reason why the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration targeted these 7 Chinese users is likely because these users are engaged in or involved in the opioid trade in the United States. So-called opioids are actually painkillers, but because they are cheap and easy to obtain, they are often more favored by drug users.
The reason why the U.S. government has flooded opioids in the United States is that it has thrown a brain to China. At the end of last year, the U.S. government imposed sanctions on 4 Chinese companies and 1 individual. It is difficult to say whether the Chinese who were previously on this sanctions list were also "locked" by the US government through this "eavesdropping" method. However, this situation is also a wake-up call for the Chinese in the United States on the mainland, and protecting the security of personal information is worthy of absolute vigilance.