Category: Compliance
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TikTok: Understanding the Confusion Between Ownership, Data Security Investigations, and Platform Bans
Few technology companies have generated as much public confusion as TikTok. Over the past several years, headlines have alternated between warnings of government bans, concerns about Chinese ownership, data privacy investigations, and regulatory actions. As a result, many people have mistakenly concluded that TikTok has been permanently banned in multiple countries, that it is directly…
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Huawei, Sanctions, Export Controls, and Entity Lists: Understanding the Differences
Huawei is often discussed in public debate through broad terms such as sanctions, bans, export controls, national security restrictions, and blacklists. These words are sometimes used as if they mean the same thing. They do not. The distinction matters because companies, journalists, investors, and readers can reach the wrong conclusion when they treat every restriction…