Dragxito@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前ByteDance won't sell TikTok, would rather pull it from the USwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square192fedilinkarrow-up1624
arrow-up1624external-linkByteDance won't sell TikTok, would rather pull it from the USwww.androidauthority.comDragxito@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前message-square192fedilink
minus-squareJaysyn@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up46·2 年前If money wasn’t the point, then influence was. Congress is right to shut them down. Foreign owned, FARA-unregistered influence operations have never been a facet of “free speech” in the USA.
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 年前It’s pretty weird that they’d admit it. The smart move would have been to sell it and take the L, and use the new money to build the next thing.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 年前Money is still the point. There’s an entire world outside the US.
minus-squareThe Uncanny Observer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 年前I mean, not on the surface. But lobby groups working for foreign governments operate in Washington to this day, and they’re ignored because Congress doesn’t want to shut the money tap off.
minus-squareSpecal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 年前They’d lose money in a sale as they’d lose their IP.
If money wasn’t the point, then influence was. Congress is right to shut them down.
Foreign owned, FARA-unregistered influence operations have never been a facet of “free speech” in the USA.
It’s pretty weird that they’d admit it.
The smart move would have been to sell it and take the L, and use the new money to build the next thing.
Money is still the point. There’s an entire world outside the US.
I mean, not on the surface. But lobby groups working for foreign governments operate in Washington to this day, and they’re ignored because Congress doesn’t want to shut the money tap off.
They’d lose money in a sale as they’d lose their IP.