AG Barr Slams Hollywood, Big Tech for ࢀ˜Kowtowingࢀ™ to Communist China Over Profits

Attorney General William Barr called out corporate America, including Hollywood and big tech, for ࢀœkowtowingࢀ to Beijing for the sake of profits in a speech highlighting the communist regimeࢀ™s threats to U.S. freedom and prosperity. Hollywood and U.S. tech companies have allowed themselves ࢀœto become pawns of Chinese influence,ࢀ Barr said in a speech given at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum on July 16. ࢀœFor the sake of short-term profits, American companies have succumbed to [Chinese] influence, even at the expense of freedom and openness in the United States.ࢀ His remarks come as the Trump administration sharply escalates its…