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Gen Z “nihilism” over Chinese tech fears shows gulf with Washington
US policymakers’ focus on national security doesn’t resonate with younger generations as it has historically, analysts said.
US lawmakers on Thursday said they planned to introduce a bipartisan bill to ban Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s chatbot from government-owned devices, citing national security concerns, in a move that echoed one of Congress’ first pushes against TikTok two years ago. “It’s a post-Snowden and post-WikiLeaks generation that throws its hands up in the air and says, ‘we don’t care about the Chinese spy, everyone has our data,’” Elizabeth Ingleson, an international history professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science told Semafor. Policymakers have correctly identified the risks posed by a Chinese-owned version of TikTok, but failed to understand that talking about the platform solely through the lens of national security jars with how a lot of young people see it as a place for entertainment, Samantha Wong from the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub told Semafor.
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