• fidodo@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    They’re technically not banning tiktok, they’re banning China from owning tiktok

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      8 months ago

      Which is somehow even worse : it’s like only the USA is allowed to spy on everyone!

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      8 months ago

      They’re not going to sell though. The US only makes up a single-digit % of their users.

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        8 months ago

        How much of their ad revenue comes from America though?

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      8 months ago

      This is primarily intended as a hostile buyout of tiktok. It has literally nothing to do with China.

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        8 months ago

        Lmao, the USA doesn’t operate the commercial sector outside of power, trains, rockets, and planes. It won’t benefit from the sale in any way other than lowering Chinese involvement.

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          8 months ago

          The US government works for the billionaires that run the economy. Many billionaires want to buy tiktok. In fact, there’s already teams of people set up for buying out tiktok. The government is just the tool for the hostile acquisition. No one said the US government is directly purchasing tiktok.