Dragxito@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoByteDance won't sell TikTok, would rather pull it from the USwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down10
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minus-squareJaysyn@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 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.
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minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoMoney is still the point. There’s an entire world outside the US.
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 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.
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.
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Money is still the point. There’s an entire world outside the US.
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.