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ByteDance sacks intern for sabotaging AI project

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192 points beedeebeedee | 5 comments | 21 Oct 24 03:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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lysace ◴[21 Oct 24 18:53 UTC] No.41907169[source]▶
I find it weird that China has a very tight information control and simultaneously over and over again has the weirdest "netizen" rumors that go mainstream.

What's the explanation? That they are explicitly allowed for some strategical reason? Something else?

Edit: @dang: Sorry in advance. I do feel like we got some pretty good discussion around this explosive topic, at least in its first hour.

Folks, keep up the good behavior — it makes me look good.

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1. cwkoss ◴[21 Oct 24 19:30 UTC] No.41907573[source]▶
The house just passed $1.6B spending bill for the production of anti-china propaganda. This isn't necessarily a result of that, but I'd imagine some of the weird rumors you hear are manufactured by US intelligence/state dept.
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2. testernews ◴[21 Oct 24 20:17 UTC] No.41908103[source]▶
source?
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3. slater ◴[21 Oct 24 20:19 UTC] No.41908127[source]▶
Looks like it might be this?

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1157

4. bloomingkales ◴[21 Oct 24 20:35 UTC] No.41908277[source]▶
What in god’s name are you talking about?

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1157...

Oh. Had to look it up.

(6) to expose misinformation and disinformation of the Chinese Communist Party’s or the Government of the People’s Republic of China’s propaganda, including through programs carried out by the Global Engagement Center; and

(7) to counter efforts by the Chinese Communist Party or the Government of the People’s Republic of China to legitimize or promote authoritarian ideology and governance models.

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Feels like the defense sector is determined to make China a perpetual enemy.

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5. dr_dshiv ◴[21 Oct 24 21:12 UTC] No.41908566[source]▶
It’s a real drag. We need to step up competence, not fight a war. Viewing China as an enemy vs a strategic competitor leads to bad policy. Like it is killing ASML right now…