January 1, Big Tech Bows to China, Risks America

Wyatt’s Take

• Big Tech companies cozy up to China, risking American security.
• Congress is waking up but real action is missing.
• Middle America deserves accountable American companies.

For years, China’s communist leaders have worked to dominate technology worldwide. Trouble is, America’s biggest tech firms seem all too happy to play along if it helps their bottom line.

Major U.S. investors back these decisions, knowingly or not. Documentation shows it’s not just talk—it’s happening.

Take Apple. To do business in China, Apple moved Chinese user data onto local servers run by a state-linked firm and keeps the keys there, too, letting the Chinese government access it if they want.

Apple has taken down apps when Chinese authorities asked, even privacy tools, while bragging about privacy back home.

Google once left China over censorship concerns.

Then, it quietly worked on a censored search engine designed for China called

“Project Dragonfly.”

They only stopped after internal backlash, showing profit can outweigh principle.

Meta, despite its sites being blocked in China, considered bending its rules to match China’s censors just to get access to the market.

Talks included letting China have more say over what Americans see.

Executives now say China is a threat, but their record shows money came first.

Amazon’s hands aren’t clean, either. Its cloud business has worked with Chinese state groups, and Amazon has removed books when the Chinese government asked.

With so much of its supply chain in China, Amazon gives Beijing leverage over American commerce and tech.

The biggest example is TikTok. This app, run by a company under Chinese law, lets Chinese authorities demand data access.

Even former leaders of the company say the Communist Party calls the shots when it counts.

No wonder both parties in Congress want action.

It’s more than just social media.

American investment and partnership helped build Chinese giants like Tencent and Alibaba, who have strong ties with surveillance and censorship in China—including in areas where human rights violations are reported.

Here’s the harsh truth: in China, companies must obey state demands in secret. U.S. firms doing business there play by the Communist Party’s rules, without American-style safeguards or openness.

America is facing off with a regime that wants to defeat our leadership and spread its brand of digital tyranny. Our companies have to care about American freedom and safety first—not just profit.

This isn’t about closing ourselves off; it’s about being smart. We can’t claim to defend liberty at home if our top corporations are selling it out abroad just for access to China’s markets.

Congress is starting to notice, but small steps won’t cut it. We need more sunlight on these deals, tougher rules on data security, and real consequences for companies that betray American interests.

The CCP’s grip on Big Tech isn’t just a risk—it’s a danger we face today. The question is if anyone will do something before it’s too late.

Wyatt Matters

Heartland families don’t want American freedoms traded away for business in China. We need strong leaders and honest companies looking out for America first.

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