![]() ![]() ![]() The moves by the Xi government against Didi represent a terrifying government action. But the twin forces of taking total control and allowing innovation to roam are colliding in much more troubling and malevolent ways in China. You certainly can make the same accusations worldwide about the abuses of personal data by tech giants, especially in the United States. While I did not buy his “Xi or me” argument (perhaps there’s a third option?), he was correct. ![]() “If we adopt a stance which is that, ‘OK, we’re going to, as a country, decide that we want to clip the wings of these companies and make it so that it’s harder for them to operate in different places, where they have to be smaller,’ then there are plenty of other companies,” he said, “that are willing and able to take the place of the work that we’re doing.” Essentially painting a stark choice for internet leadership between him and China’s President Xi Jinping, he added, “And they do not share the values that we have.” He argued that tech companies like his needed to be large, if only to fend off challenges from the Asian giant and its ever-more-powerful government-controlled companies. Three years ago, in an interview with me - while attempting to dodge questions about the growing misinformation issues on Facebook - he shifted the conversation to the growing dangers from China across the digital landscape. On one topic, at least, Mark Zuckerberg was right. ![]()
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