Dragxito@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoByteDance won't sell TikTok, would rather pull it from the USwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square191fedilinkarrow-up1624
arrow-up1624external-linkByteDance won't sell TikTok, would rather pull it from the USwww.androidauthority.comDragxito@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square191fedilink
minus-squareJaysyn@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up46·7 months agoIf 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-up21·7 months agoIt’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-up9·7 months agoMoney is still the point. There’s an entire world outside the US.
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minus-squareSpecal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoThey’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.
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They’d lose money in a sale as they’d lose their IP.