Published: November 15th, 2021,
Last updated: November 15th, 2021
US whistleblower Frances Haugen is currently on tour in Europe: In Brussels, Paris, and Berlin, the 37-year-old warned of the power of the Facebook platform and its newly named parent company Metaverse. Chances are that Beijing listened eagerly to the deliberations on data theft and manipulation because, while it is not news that Western networks are not particularly welcome in the People’s Republic, it did come as a surprise how relentlessly the leadership in China has been cracking down on the tech sector since the middle of this year. After all, the sector is highly innovative and a growth engine for the country.