【经济学人】字节跳动引美国关注(3)

作者: Claire_ZZ | 来源:发表于2020-05-19 23:54 被阅读0次

No wonder American rivals are trying to clip its wings. Facebook's TikTok clone, Lasso, has flopped.

$\bullet$ clip vt./vi. 修剪；夹牢

$\bullet$ clone n.无性生殖；无性系；克隆 vt.无性生殖，复制

$\bullet$ flop v.移动或落下；失败

YouTube is said to be developing another (called Shorts). But the biggest threat has emerged in the form of America's government, wary of China's rise in any sphere.

$\bullet$ wary adj.机警的；谨慎的；唯恐的；考虑周到的

$\bullet$ sphere n.范围；球体 vt.包围；放入球内；使……成球形 adj.球体的

Politicians in Washington fear that data on American users is being handed to Beijing; that Chinese algorithm designers are infecting impressionable Western youngsters with communist propaganda; and that ByteDance content is censored in line with party whims（译为：党的意愿）.

$\bullet$ 'algorithm n.算法

$\bullet$ communist n.共产主义者 adj.共产主义的，信仰共产主义的

$\bullet$ propaganda n.宣传，宣传运动 propaganda department 宣传部

$\bullet$ censor vt.审查，检查 n.检查员

$\bullet$ whim n.一时兴致，忽然的念头，突发奇想，异想天开

In March two Republican senators introduced a bill that would ban TikTok from all government devices.

$\bullet$ Republican senators 共和党参议员

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS美国外国投资委员会) is reviewing ByteDance's acquisition in 2018 of Musical. ly, another app, which had 60m users in America and Europe.

In statements, TikTok has said that it stores all American "user data in the United States" and that its American operations are "not influenced by any foreign government, including the Chinese government".

$\bullet$ American operations 美国业务

The firm is trying to mollify critics and has hired prominent security and legal experts in America to help it. Last month it opened a "transparency centre" in Los Angeles, where it promises to share information about its content —— moderation, privacy and security controls, and said it would stop using moderators in China to handle content from users outside the country.

$\bullet$ mollify vt.平息，缓和；使……平静；使……变软

$\bullet$ prominent adj.突出的；显著的；著名的；卓越的

$\bullet$ moderator n.调解人，仲裁人

That, most lawyers and technologists reckon, may help get CFIUS off its back. Listing ByteDance in Hong Kong, which is under consideration, may also foster trust.

So would anointing （认命？）a non-Chinese successor —— though, at 37, Mr Zhang may not be ready to retire. As a last resort, he is said to be willing to contemplate spinning TikTok off.

$\bullet$ anoint vt.给……涂油；用油擦

$\bullet$ as a last resort 作为最后的手段

$\bullet$ contemplate v.注视，凝视；深思，仔细考虑

$\bullet$ spin off 拆分

That would cement the digital divide between China and the West —— until another hit ByteDance app tries to bridge it.

$\bullet$ cement n.水泥；结合剂；粘合物 vt.在……上抹水泥；粘牢，加强；巩固

$\bullet$ digital divide 数字鸿沟

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