{"id":567673,"date":"2021-06-18T10:52:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T14:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=567673"},"modified":"2021-06-18T10:52:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T14:52:05","slug":"house-republicans-look-to-hold-big-tech-accountable-targeting-links-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-look-to-hold-big-tech-accountable-targeting-links-to-china\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans Look To Hold Big Tech Accountable, Targeting Links To China"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fhouse-republicans-look-to-hold-big-tech-accountable-targeting-links-to-china%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=567673&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-481101421-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"e12o35pe0 css-1wr5klf\" readability=\"45.822784810127\">\n<p><span>In a memo titled \u201cBig Tech Accountability Platform\u201d addressed to Republican members of the Energy and Commerce Committee, the group\u2019s Republican leader, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, outlined a new third pillar of the program that focuses on China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEarlier this year, I shared with you our \u2018Big Tech Accountability Platform\u2019 as a framework to bring much-needed reform and oversight to Big Tech. Our Platform currently focuses on two pillars: (1) Big Tech Responsibility and (2) Big Tech Power. Today, we are adding a third pillar: Big Tech and China,\u201d wrote McNorris Rodgers in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/republicans-energycommerce.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2021.06.15-New-Pillar-Big-Tech-and-China.pdf\"><span>memo<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McNorris Rodgers then described four areas of policy solutions and conduct oversight.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>American Information Flowing to China<\/b><span>: McNorris Rodgers claimed that \u201cCompanies with deep ties to China raise significant concerns about China\u2019s access to American information.\u201d With this in mind, McNorris Rodgers presented potential \u201ctransparency obligations,\u201d such as \u201cRequiring companies to notify American users if those companies send, maintain, or store their personal information in China,\u201d and \u201cRequiring companies to notify American users if those companies are owned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a Chinese state-owned entity, or a non-state-owned entity located in China.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>App Store Vetting: <span>McNorris Rodgers<\/span><\/b><span> argued that \u201cBig Tech companies must do more to vet mobile applications available on their app stores for ties\u201d to the Chinese government. \u201cTo address this concern,\u201d McNorris Rodgers explained, \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<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Uighur Muslim Labor Concerns: <\/b><span>Noting that \u201cOver 1 million Uighurs have been reportedly interned by the Chinese government,\u201d McNorris Rodgers said that it has been suggested that \u201csome Big Tech companies may use suppliers linked to forced labor of Uighur Muslims.\u201d McNorris Rodgers called for an exploration of the \u201cprocesses Big Tech companies put in place to ensure Uighur Muslims and forced labor are not used to manufacture American products in China.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Counterfeit Goods: <\/b><span>\u201cBig Tech companies must do more to address the sale of counterfeit goods coming from China,\u201d McNorris Rodgers posited, adding that \u201cwe will explore online marketplaces\u2019 policies and practices for addressing counterfeit goods, including any additional scrutiny applied to sellers based in China.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>\u201cWe must ensure Americans\u2019 information is protected from the CCP, and we expect American tech companies to do more to address the significant threat China poses to the U.S. Under this pillar, we will continue our work to ensure America leads the way,\u201d McNorris Rodgers concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/06\/16\/house-republicans-zero-in-on-big-techs-relationships-with-china.html\">CNBC<\/a> noted, the expansion of the \u201cBig Tech Accountability Platform\u201d indicates the growing concern regarding Big Tech and its reported links and interactions with the communist state.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>The focus on China could also yield bipartisan support given that Democrats have similarly expressed concerns about American data getting into the wrong hands,\u201d CNBC explained. \u201cThe Senate recently passed a $250 billion bill with bipartisan support that aims at strengthening U.S. technology to counter competition from China, showing that message can be a rallying cry for both sides.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a memo titled \u201cBig Tech Accountability Platform\u201d addressed to Republican members of the Energy and Commerce Committee, the group\u2019s Republican leader, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, outlined a new third pillar &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280670,"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-481101421-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"House Republicans Look To Hold Big Tech Accountable, Targeting Links To China","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-567673","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-481101421-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"House Republicans Look To Hold Big Tech Accountable, Targeting Links To China","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567673","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=567673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}