Justice Department targets threats to U.S. innovation, warns of China's 'weaponization of data'

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A new federal initiative dedicated to keeping America's technological advances out of the hands of foreign adversaries will be part of the Biden administration's growing strategy to combat growing threats from China, the Justice Department announced.

A new federal initiative dedicated to keeping America's technological advances out of the hands of foreign adversaries will be part of the Biden administration's growing strategy to combatThe Disruptive Technology Strike Force, an interagency partnership between the Departments of Justice and Commerce, will aim to target rival nations like China that seek to use American high-tech advances to undermine national security and upset the rule of law, according to Deputy Attorney General...

To help combat these risks, U.S. officials are paying more attention to the ways in which foreign adversaries try to use investments to give them access to American technology and data. Monaco said the Biden administration is exploring ways in which federal regulators can monitor the flow of American money in foreign tech sectors and make sure those funds do not advance the national security interests of another nation.

The sharp words from one of America's top law enforcement officials come amid rising tensions with China. Recently, the U.S. military shot down aafter it traversed much of the country, prompting the Secretary of State to cancel a meeting in Beijing. U.S. government agencies across the U.S. have also been banning the use of the social media platform TikTok on official devices.

"The data obtained today could be used in new and frightening ways tomorrow," she predicted."I don't use TikTok and I would not advise anybody to do so," she added later. Investigators, Garland said, are"disrupting the flow of precursor chemicals coming from the People's Republic of China to Mexico," where they are then used to craft the deadly drug and transported into the U.S.

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