Unclean! Unclean!

6 August 2020 By Pete Sweeney, Gina Chon Follow @petesweeneypro

The U.S. Secretary of State’s “Clean Network” initiative wants to purge America’s internet of Chinese telecoms, apps, and cloud services. Washington aims to ring-fence the People’s Republic, and Mike Pompeo is seeking allies. The costs for companies on both sides could be high.

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Aug. 5 announced the expansion of the "Clean Network" program, which includes five initiatives to defend sensitive information from "malign actors" including the Chinese Communist Party.

The initiatives propose to ban Chinese telecommunications carriers from connecting to U.S. networks, remove “untrusted” Chinese apps from U.S.-based stores, prevent Chinese handset makers like Huawei from pre-installing American software and apps, stop American companies from storing sensitive data on cloud services accessible to Chinese companies, and protect submarine data cables from subversion by Chinese intelligence agencies.

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