{"id":565926,"date":"2021-06-16T16:06:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T20:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=565926"},"modified":"2021-06-16T16:06:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T20:06:30","slug":"republicans-lay-out-strategy-to-prevent-china-from-accessing-americans-information-memo-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-lay-out-strategy-to-prevent-china-from-accessing-americans-information-memo-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Lay Out Strategy To Prevent China From Accessing Americans\u2019 Information, Memo Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-lay-out-strategy-to-prevent-china-from-accessing-americans-information-memo-shows%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=565926&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republicans on the House committee that oversees Big Tech issues released a strategy Wednesday aimed at curbing China\u2019s access to Americans\u2019 private information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/25\/congress-lawmakers-privacy-antitrust-big-tech-campaign-contributions-lobbyist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">House Energy and Commerce Committee<\/a> Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers laid out the \u201cBig Tech and China\u201d strategy, which is the third pillar in the GOP\u2019s broader Big Tech accountability platform, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/republicans-energycommerce.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2021.06.15-New-Pillar-Big-Tech-and-China.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">memorandum<\/a> sent to the committee\u2019s Republican members. The memo outlined four key areas where committee Republicans will explore policy solutions and conduct oversight on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must ensure Americans\u2019 information is protected from the [Chinese Communist Party (CCP)], and we expect American tech companies to do more to address the significant threat China poses to the U.S.,\u201d McMorris Rodgers said in the memo. \u201cUnder this pillar, we will continue our work to ensure America leads the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first policy area concerned how China obtains Americans\u2019 personal information from Big Tech companies, according to the memo. McMorris Rodgers said it is a significant concern for private companies to have deep ties to China. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/04\/microsoft-tiananmen-square-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: Microsoft Blocks Images Of Tiananmen Square Protests On Massacre Anniversary)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7216049\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7216049\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7216049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1134492210-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers speaks during a hearing in 2019. (Zach Gibson\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1134492210-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1134492210-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1134492210-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1134492210-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1134492210-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1134492210-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7216049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers speaks during a hearing in 2019. (Zach Gibson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The memo said the Republicans will consider new objectives such as requiring <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/03\/microsoft-house-judiciary-committee-jim-jordan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Tech companies<\/a> to tell U.S. users when their information is given over to the Chinese government and to notify users if their information was shared with entities affiliated with the CCP.<\/p>\n<p>The second policy area addressed Big Tech companies\u2019 app stores. McMorris Rodgers said app stores must do more to investigate if an app is affiliated with the CCP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will explore how Big Tech companies oversee apps on their platforms, including how they ensure apps meet their privacy and data security standards, how they review apps for direct or indirect ties to the CCP, and related matters,\u201d the memo said.<\/p>\n<p>The final policy areas mentioned in the memo concerned the Chinese government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/07\/exclusive-rep-banks-apple-support-for-slavery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alleged abuse of Uighur Muslims<\/a>\u00a0and the sale of counterfeit goods in China. The memo said Big Tech companies <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/08\/ken-buck-demands-clarification-apple-ceo-tim-cook-letter-forced-labor-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">must ensure<\/a> their suppliers aren\u2019t linked to forced labor of Uighurs and must address the sale of knock-off merchandise originating from China on their platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will explore processes Big Tech companies put in place to ensure Uighur Muslims and forced labor are not used to manufacture American products in China,\u201d McMorris Rodgers said in the memo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will explore online marketplaces\u2019 policies and practices for addressing counterfeit goods, including any additional scrutiny applied to sellers based in China,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans on the House committee that oversees Big Tech issues released a strategy Wednesday aimed at curbing China\u2019s access to Americans\u2019 private information.House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Cathy &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280488,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1134492210-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Republicans Lay Out Strategy To Prevent China From Accessing Americans\u2019 Information, Memo Shows","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-565926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1134492210-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Republicans Lay Out Strategy To Prevent China From Accessing Americans\u2019 Information, Memo Shows","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}