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Alphane Moon to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months ago

US adds web and gaming giant Tencent to list of Chinese military companies

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US adds web and gaming giant Tencent to list of Chinese military companies

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Alphane Moon to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months ago
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This could be the start of a saga to rival TikTok’s troubles, and embroil Tesla and Microsoft
  • @WhoLooksHere@lemmy.world
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    Tik Tok is what they’re referring to

    • Optional
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      58•4 months ago

      I was thinking of reddit

      • @WhoLooksHere@lemmy.world
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        13•4 months ago

        Tik Tok is the only tencent company I know if that’s been labeled a national security risk.

        • @Joeffect@lemmy.world
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          They also have a stake in all these companies…

          Legaue of legends

          Epic games

          Ubisoft

          From soft

          Activision blizzard

          WeChat

          • @hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org
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            11•4 months ago

            Funcom (Conan games and an upcoming Dune game) and Grinding Gear Games (Path of Exile) as well.

            • 0^2
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              Wtf they own 100% shares of GGG? https://app.companiesoffice.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/1887410/shareholdings

              Well idk about supporting POE2 now. Or should I not care?

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                Removed by mod

                • @Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world
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                  Lots of video games contain root kits labeled as “anti-cheat” that run at ring 0 of your computer, even more access than the OS. Yes they take info, and it has access to everything.

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          • @Dlayknee@lemmy.world
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            9•4 months ago

            Activision Blizzard

            I think the MSFT buyout eliminated their stake in ABK?

          • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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            7•4 months ago

            Fromsoft is unfortunate, but I honestly don’t use any of the rest.

          • @squid_slime@lemm.ee
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            5•4 months ago

            I believe discord is also owned by tencent

            • @hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org
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              11•4 months ago

              Tencent likely has a sizeable stake, but is unlikely to hold a majority stake of Discord.

              • @squid_slime@lemm.ee
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                My mistake the own a large share, enough to have sway

                • @Auli@lemmy.ca
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                  Tencent probably has a stake in a lot of companies.

          • @BearGun@ttrpg.network
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            LoL is not a company, the creator and owner of it is Riot Games.

            • @ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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              7•4 months ago

              And the owner of Riot Games is Tencent, that and WeChat stick out from the rest of the list because they are owned and developed by Tencent instead of just Tencent owning stock

              • @Joeffect@lemmy.world
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                1•4 months ago

                I was just listing everything from the top of my head of things I knew they had a holding in… I mean it is a holdings company or whatever the term is… So it’s what they do… Buy all these stakes in random companies for profit… But I would say Blackrock is probably worse fuck blackrock

          • @WhoLooksHere@lemmy.world
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            2•4 months ago

            Again, non of those have been legally banned in the US.

            I’m not saying those companies don’t exist? Just answering the question of who the top commenter was referring to, which in my opinion is Tik Tok because it’s the only one being legally banned.

            • @Joeffect@lemmy.world
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              4•4 months ago

              I was just listing things I know tecenet had a holding in… Like everyone else…

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