Chapter 474: It's not even as good as a dog
Americans have always considered themselves open to democracy, and they are very open to freedom of speech, and they can raise any issue directly even in front of the president, and it is not illegal to express political opinions.
Maybe it's because it's too free, so some people feel that it's difficult to manage, so they've been trying to control it, Su Mu has no objection to restricting it, but he is extremely disgusted with the DHS's approach this time, and he actually wants to conduct comprehensive monitoring of his company's data servers, which is simply afraid that Su Mu won't die fast enough!
There are no airtight walls in the world, and once the news leaks to the ears of the people, it will deal a serious blow to his reputation and that of his company, and the loss can be as high as tens of billions of dollars!
Things have been getting a bit out of control in the United States in recent times.
Su Mu clearly perceived that some forces were taking advantage of the crisis that happened last month to do something out of the ordinary, and the oil and arms dealers were not something that Su Mu could provoke, and the two sides had been at peace.
But Washington is clearly trying to regulate Internet messages, which goes against the original intention of the open network, and is also shaking the foundation of Internet business development, so that he can't help but feel that he is being targeted.
He acquiesced in Qian Huhlberg's approach, which attracted the support of countless Silicon Valley colleagues, and the public began to condemn the official approach, unhappy that the Homeland Security Agency wanted to spy on him quietly!
While the news was brewing, Sumu received a call from the new head of the Department of Homeland Security, Admiral John Kelly, a department that was formed by merging 22 federal agencies, including the Coast Guard, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the General Customs Service.
The two didn't know each other before, but Su Mu had heard something about him, and it was normal for someone to find him, after all, after the news of the establishment of this new department was announced, he slapped him hard and his reputation was ruined.
"Leon, I know you, my grandson treats you like an idol, but this time it's a bit out of line. "Admiral Kelly is old, and his voice is still full of energy, and after a long time in the army, his voice will increase unconsciously.
The advantage is now on Su Mu's side, and he is fully capable of making things worse, lying on the rocking chair and drinking afternoon tea, he said:
"What are the rules? That guy named Spike threatened me and violated the privacy rights of tens of millions of my company's users, tens of millions of foreign users, is this the rule?
If I'm not mistaken, the slogan of the Department of Homeland Security should be to defend our freedom, my company has always obeyed federal law, and will fully cooperate with federal agencies as soon as there is a problem, General Kelly, I respect you, but your subordinates crossed the line this time, and you can see how much they resent this kind of thing by looking at what the people are doing. Bee has a market capitalization of more than $60 billion, of which almost $20 billion belongs to me, and I can't just say something like this that could bring down my company. ”
General Kelly has not forgotten that he is talking to a super-rich man who is worth more than 100 billion dollars, has a wide range of industries, and has hundreds of millions of users of his products.
A few days ago, General Kelly had an old comrade-in-arms go to prison, just because he offended a billionaire in the arms business, saying that the other party's products were garbage, and then because of a trivial matter - driving a military car to send his wife to work, he was easily put in federal court by public opinion and went to prison.
This is very American, and the strength of any super-rich person is amazing, especially the super-rich who are engaged in the news industry, and even the president may be pulled down by them if they go crazy.
When it comes to trillions of dollars in industry, General Kelly has to pay attention to it, plus this time the media is on the side of the people, just yesterday the news came out, and today it has been on the front page of many mainstream newspapers such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and they have criticized the DHS's approach, and he continued to tell Su Mu:
"Spying on people is definitely not our original intention, we just want to make the United States safer, and then we can discuss specific cooperation matters, I promise that we will never interfere with the privacy of a citizen for no reason, and will only regulate some sensitive information, what do you think of this proposal?"
"Yes, my company can cooperate, but the open data server is absolutely impossible, I'm not targeting you, sir, but if Spike is still in charge of this kind of thing, I believe people will still be worried......"
This can be regarded as a very euphemistic "reminder", with the beginning of the Bee Group, a group of Internet companies, communication service providers and other companies have also jumped out to accuse this new department of interfering with user privacy, and the Homeland Security Agency is having a hard time, Su Mu hopes that General Kelly will push that guy out to be the backstabber.
Things are like this, there are always people who have to come out and take responsibility, and at this time, Su Mu is also very cautious, he doesn't want to leave a guy who is destined to become an enemy, and he is always waiting to stab himself in the back.
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Users in the U.S. are worried, not only in the U.S., but also in other countries.
One Internet company after another came forward and promised that they did not cooperate with the authorities, and the situation was temporarily stabilized.
When Su Mu contacted President Clinton, the president himself was surprised that someone could recommend such a fool to serve in the Department of Homeland Security, even he didn't dare to provoke Su Mu, he would rather be a friend than an enemy, and now such an unruly guy came out, and he assured Su Mu that something like this would not happen again.
Soon after, Bee released another tweet titled "The Triumph of Citizens' Privacy Rights!", which praised the president between the lines, which unexpectedly caused the market value of Bee, OO and other companies to rise slightly, and Su Mu's popularity also increased, and users believed him.
One company recently launched a poll on the Internet to get people to choose the celebrities who are most likely to be elected president, including Hollywood star Schwarzenegger who is busy running for election, Tom Hanks, the famous good-natured gentleman in Hollywood, and the Koch brothers, the business tycoon Bush Sr., the son of George H.W. Bush, who is now the governor of Texas, whose names are also written in it.
In the chaotic list, there are 60 names of celebrities from all walks of life, and so far, more than 3 million people have voted, and more than 80 percent have voted for Su Mu.
How high his prestige is now can be seen from this, which makes Su Mu really a little cautious, after all, Americans often say that if a dog is the president, he can manage the country well, and he is not even inferior to a dog......