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   Recently chat giant Tencent QQ and anti-virus company 360, two of China's biggest software firms, started slinging mud at each other in an attempt to win the hearts and minds of China's Internet consumers. It remains to be seen who will win, and what the landscape will look like afterward.
    When the dust settles, perhaps the most interesting development of this will be the role that the government decides to play.
    Heavily legislated privacy has caused many of these issues to come to a head in places like the US, where QQ's actions would have crossed the line.
However, all too often, older unrelated laws are made to fit inappropriately to new technologies.
    While it seems very unlikely that Tencent and 360 will be able to find an amicable solution between themselves, a new opportunity for creating a regulatory body capable of addressing emerging technologies has now presented itself. Let's see if the relevant authorities are capable of taking a firm hand with these two errant firms.