Security News > 2022 > May > It's time to kick China off social media, says tech governance expert

The time has come to remove Chinese voices from global social media, according to Samir Saran, president of Delhi-based think tank Observer Research Foundation, a commissioner of The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, and a member of Microsoft's Digital Peace Now Initiative.

Speaking at the Black Hat Asia conference, Saran said China's Communist Party sees tech as a means of exerting control and uses social media to deliberately interfere in the affairs of other nations.

Saran thinks such lobbying is not succeeding at achieving important change, because Big Tech has an immense influence on society but puts profit before people.

"Digital societies need to be protected. Companies that provide for important needs need to be accountable to the people they serve," he argued.

The current lack of accountability means that tech companies are generally distrusted - even as they become integral to daily life.

He suggested such regulation may be hard to devise and implement, because Big Tech prioritizes fostering insular communities that feel little need to celebrate the diversity that makes nations strong.

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