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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Feb 19, 2021, 03:09 PM Feb 2021

Biden calls for creating 'rules' on cyber, tech to combat China and Russia threats

Source: The Hill

President Biden on Friday called on the United States and other democratic nations to shape the "rules of the road" on cybersecurity and tech issues, particularly as part of efforts to confront China and Russia.

"We must shape the rules that will govern the advance of technologies and the norms of behavior in cyberspace, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, so they are used to lift people up, not used to pin them down," Biden said during remarks at the White House as part of the virtual Munich Security Conference.

Biden zeroed in on confronting China on these issues, in particular on ensuring greater transparency in terms of individuals and groups behind major Chinese companies.

Concerns that tech groups, such as social media platform TikTok and telecom giant Huawei, may have ties to the Chinese government, has been the major motivating factor behind pushback against them from the United States.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-calls-for-creating-rules-on-cyber-tech-to-combat-china-and-russia-threats/ar-BB1dPUYj?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=DELLDHP

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Biden calls for creating 'rules' on cyber, tech to combat China and Russia threats (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2021 OP
Let the money games begin. Tech's lawyers are probably hard at work already. nt Firestorm49 Feb 2021 #1
Good! Those two nations and many around them are just cyber menaces! ffr Feb 2021 #2

ffr

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2. Good! Those two nations and many around them are just cyber menaces!
Fri Feb 19, 2021, 05:20 PM
Feb 2021

Everything from E-mail to trolling to misinformation to cyptolocker attacks.

The Internet here in the states could be a far better place without their daily contributions.

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