Pentagon Adds Chinese Gaming Giant Tencent to Federal Ban
ID: 5afc59f7-965b-5303-8c91-4f7c472faa6f
STIX ID: report--5afc59f7-965b-5303-8c91-4f7c472faa6f
Feed Name: Dark Reading
Date Published: 2025-01-07
Date Updated: 2026-04-21
Author: Kristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
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**Executive Summary:** The U.S. Department of Defense designated Tencent as a Chinese military business under Section 1260, preventing it from supplying technology or services to the U.S. federal government; the brief also references related Treasury sanctions, a nearly 10% drop in Tencent's U.S. share price, and Tencent's statement denying the designation and committing to engage with the DoD.
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