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US adds web and gaming giant Tencent to list of Chinese military companies
(www.theregister.com)
this post was submitted on 07 Jan 2025
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Gosh I feel like I've heard Tencent has a stake in some other company that isn't mentioned here yet.
what was it . . . hmmmmm
I'm really not sure which one you mean, because they own interest in a ton of companies.
Tik Tok is what they're referring to
I was thinking of reddit
Tik Tok is the only tencent company I know if that's been labeled a national security risk.
They also have a stake in all these companies...
Legaue of legends
Epic games
Ubisoft
From soft
Activision blizzard
WeChat
Funcom (Conan games and an upcoming Dune game) and Grinding Gear Games (Path of Exile) as well.
Wtf they own 100% shares of GGG? https://app.companiesoffice.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/1887410/shareholdings
Well idk about supporting POE2 now. Or should I not care?
If you believe the Chinese government is spying on you through a video game, you're mentally unwell. If you believe it's unethical to monetarily support a Chinese company because ( bad thing the CIA said through its media division ), but you see no problem with supporting any other large corporation, you're either a racist or a hypocrite.
Lots of video games contain root kits labeled as “anti-cheat” that run at ring 0 of your computer, even more access than the OS. Yes they take info, and it has access to everything.
That's nice dear, the Chinese government doesn't care. They have actual shit to do.
I think the MSFT buyout eliminated their stake in ABK?
LoL is not a company, the creator and owner of it is Riot Games.
And the owner of Riot Games is Tencent, that and WeChat stick out from the rest of the list because they are owned and developed by Tencent instead of just Tencent owning stock
I was just listing everything from the top of my head of things I knew they had a holding in... I mean it is a holdings company or whatever the term is... So it's what they do... Buy all these stakes in random companies for profit... But I would say Blackrock is probably worse fuck blackrock
Fromsoft is unfortunate, but I honestly don't use any of the rest.
I believe discord is also owned by tencent
Tencent likely has a sizeable stake, but is unlikely to hold a majority stake of Discord.
My mistake the own a large share, enough to have sway
Tencent probably has a stake in a lot of companies.
Again, non of those have been legally banned in the US.
I'm not saying those companies don't exist? Just answering the question of who the top commenter was referring to, which in my opinion is Tik Tok because it's the only one being legally banned.
I was just listing things I know tecenet had a holding in... Like everyone else...