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Bezos Wastes Little Time Warning over Musk's Links to China
Jeff Bezos appeared to suggest Elon Musk is beholden to Beijing, asking on Twitter if China has gained some leverage with the Tesla CEO's takeover.
“Interesting question. Did the Chinese government just gain a bit of leverage over the town square?” he asked, citing a post by New York Times reporter Mike Forsythe outlining Musk’s business dealings in China.
The Amazon founder quickly walked back the comment, however, saying the deal with Musk will “probably not” give China sway over the platform, instead predicting “complexity in China for Tesla, rather than censorship at Twitter.”
“But we’ll see. Musk is extremely good at navigating this kind of complexity,” he added.
Despite Bezos’ warnings about Chinese government influence over Western tech firms, his own company faced similar allegations last year after reports that Amazon partnered with a Chinese “propaganda arm” to scrub negative reviews on works by President Xi Jinping.
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