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Things in the digital realm could be set to get significantly more complex amid rising concerns over digital data surveillance, and how information on citizens in different nations can be utilized by government groups. According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, a European Union privacy regulator has sent Facebook a preliminary order to suspend data transfers to the US about its EU users. The report suggests that EU officials are concerned about potential surveillance practices by the US Government, and are looking to limit such by restricting the flow of user information, essentially keeping user data within each region, and therefore not accessible by other nations. The specifics of the perceived threat in this case are not entirely clear, but the move follows the US Government's decision to ban several Chinese-originated apps from America, including TikTok, due to concerns that they could be used to provide China's ruling CCP with personal data on US citizens. How the CCP might use such info is also not known, but the fact that China's cybersecurity laws dictate that Chinese-owned companies must provide user data to the CCP on request is an element of concern, particularly given the rising tensions between the US and China on several fronts.

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