“When Huawei networks, phones and devices are predominant in the world’s telecom infrastructure, so too will be the CCP’s dominance over the world’s data,” retired Air Force Brigadier General Robert Spalding writes in The Hill.
“It appears dictatorships have realized the power of technology to monitor and control human behavior and are working feverishly to harness it. At the same time, democratic governments have relinquished their responsibility to guide technological development in ways that mitigate risk and ensure that citizens benefit. Thus, totalitarianism is on the rise, and democracies are unable to maintain the protection of basic freedoms on the internet,” says Spalding, a speaker of Mandarin and a former Commander of the 509th Operations Group of B-2 Stealth bombers.
“The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has focused on developing 5G to establish technological superiority in the 21st century and Huawei is at the heart of that strategy. To understand the PRC’s dominance in technology, we first must understand the coming convergence of artificial intelligence, big data, social media, e-commerce, fintech and robotics,” Spalding says.
“As large tech companies and totalitarian regimes perfect their ability to aggregate and harness data, they will become more adept at influencing social behavior,” according to Spalding.
“The PRC cybersecurity law recognizes no geographic boundaries for its enforcement, or punishment. If you move data from your office in Beijing to your office in Los Angeles, you’ve just transferred sovereignty. Next time you transit through the PRC, or when you want to move money out of the country, you’d better believe enforcement is an option. Data in the PRC are considered critical national infrastructure and thus sovereign,” says Spalding.
Source:
1.https://www.hudson.org/the-huawei-threat-china
1. What has the US done to ensure that Huawei has no role in American elections?
2. What has the US done to require electronic election vendors to have no involvement with Huawei?
3. How sure can we be confident that Dominion’s data center in Belgrade, Serbia, is not used to store data and software concerning American voters and elections?
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