In addition to what @Curiositymonger@reddthat.com has said, there is also the issue of working conditions under which these cameras have been produced, supposedly with forced labour/slavery-like conditions.

This mathemachristian is just a 15-year old propaganda parrot. I don’t understand why this is allowed here, such comments add nothing of value.

Yes, the ‘de-risking’ from US tech has been going on for some time. Regarding trade, however, China is the much bigger issue. The EU has face a rising trade deficit with China due to imported products made under non-transparent decisions in Chinese supply chains and protectionism by China that goes far beyond subsidies.

@TherapyGary@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Your comment is false, just read your own linked article.

China was just reducing the number of ‘restricted industries’ to 106 from 117 (this alone is a joke), but companies can still acquire only a minority stake. They need a partner.

The only non-Chinese company in China is Elon Musk’s Tesla. It’s the only exemption.

Oh, and what does it mean anyway when the Chinese government issues such lists or introduces any laws. The owners of China’s AI company Manus also played by the rules and sold their company to Meta as announced already in December 2025, but now China blocks the $2bn acquisition of AI start-up Manus:

Beijing’s National Development and Reform Commission [has] prohibited foreign investment in the deal, requiring “the parties involved to withdraw the acquisition transaction”.

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A quick reminder that non-Chinese companies can’t establish a subsidiary in China, they always need a Chinese partner that would then own the majority of the Chinese joint venture. And that’s just one among many other protectionist rules that illustrate how the Chinese Communist Party shields its domestic supply chains, including the use of forced labour.

Some time ago a user posted also Fronius, an Austrian company. It’s difficutl, that’s true, but it’s worth the price I would say ;-)

if you think it applies to anything Twongo said.

Not anything, I cited one of her statements.

@Twongo@hexbear.net

There is undeniable evidence of forced labour in China, especially in East Turkestan /Xinjiang. So it must be you who is ignorant.

Europeans always choose the made up claims

And this part of your statement is apparently racist.

Dude, touch some grass and then stop reading the sources where you get these ideas. This is an absurdly weird comment that makes no sense.

It’s not only about security and sovereignty but also to avoid imported goods made by slave labour.

If an apps poses a threat to people or something, the state should have the right to prohibit that very much as other things in the ‘real’ world. But Russia, China, and other autocracies ban apps to increase surveillance and foster their own dictatorial policies. China, for example, banned gay dating apps as far as I remember, along with tens of thousands other apps. Now Russia is banning Signal and other messengers. The regimes are trying to protect themselves and limit their own people’s freedom.

Can you really fix social issues with technology?

No, you can’t imo so I fully share you scepticism. As I said in my other comment, it may help by providing some sources, but it’s not the solution itself imo.

I am also sceptical, though it may help if the bot provides a sources. The major problem is not so much the AI but the people who control the the AI algorithms and the training data.

Yes, but this is well known for 4 months.

This article has been published 4 months ago.

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What are reliable sources in your opinion to examine China’s genocidal policies?

@Wakmrow@lemmy.world

@Wakmrow@hexbear.net

Instead of questioning sources, you could just name sources on China’s genocidal politics that you think are reliable. Where are they?

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