Temu Attacks Remind Us U.S. Politicians Were Never Stopping At TikTok
The post Temu Attacks Remind Us U.S. Politicians Were Never Stopping At TikTok appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Shanghai,China-June 13st 2023: Amazon, eBay, SHEIN, Temu, Walmart, AliExpress, Lazada, Target and … More Etsy app icon on screen. Assorted e-commerce company and brand logo getty Temu is a low-cost online marketplace that has had the temerity to achieve popularity with American buyers while also being Chinese. In response to Temu’s achievements in the world’s most competitive consumer market, Nebraska attorney general Mike Hilgers has filed a complaint that Temu installs “malware” of some kind that gives the company access to “sensitive information.” That’s too bad, and it signals that American politicians are more in the business of protecting U.S. businesses from competition than they care about national security. Which means every Chinese business that Americans like will sadly face political pressure for succeeding in the competition for the American consumer. All that’s required to understand why the above is true is a visit to Temu’s website, which is plainly popular with American shoppers who want a lot more for a lot less. Yes, Temu represents competition. That it represents competition from China is a beautiful thing, a sign of progress. A sign that people who were once desperately poor due to the abject horrors of communism are increasingly free to produce for a world that they can commensurately consume the plenty of. What’s unfortunate is that much like with TikTok, excuses for government action are being produced by a portion of the U.S. commentariat traditionally of the Ronald Reagan view that “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” Since Temu collects data on customers and visitors to its site in the way that all businesses do and have always done, good business practices are being portrayed as possible avenues of data collection for the CCP which, even…
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Shanghai,China-June 13st 2023: Amazon, eBay, SHEIN, Temu, Walmart, AliExpress, Lazada, Target and … More Etsy app icon on screen. Assorted e-commerce company and brand logo getty Temu is a low-cost online marketplace that has had the temerity to achieve popularity with American buyers while also being Chinese. In response to Temu’s achievements in the world’s most competitive consumer market, Nebraska attorney general Mike Hilgers has filed a complaint that Temu installs “malware” of some kind that gives the company access to “sensitive information.” That’s too bad, and it signals that American politicians are more in the business of protecting U.S. businesses from competition than they care about national security. Which means every Chinese business that Americans like will sadly face political pressure for succeeding in the competition for the American consumer. All that’s required to understand why the above is true is a visit to Temu’s website, which is plainly popular with American shoppers who want a lot more for a lot less. Yes, Temu represents competition. That it represents competition from China is a beautiful thing, a sign of progress. A sign that people who were once desperately poor due to the abject horrors of communism are increasingly free to produce for a world that they can commensurately consume the plenty of. What’s unfortunate is that much like with TikTok, excuses for government action are being produced by a portion of the U.S. commentariat traditionally of the Ronald Reagan view that “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” Since Temu collects data on customers and visitors to its site in the way that all businesses do and have always done, good business practices are being portrayed as possible avenues of data collection for the CCP which, even…
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