• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    And it’s not like they can’t maintain use of the thing while not being owners. Come on. Like there’s some magic rule if a company’s not owned by China, it can’t be used as a Chinese intelligence source? Come on.

    If social media is in cahoots with foreign intelligence, there are better ways to handle it in my opinion.

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      8 months ago

      The fact that China is using disinformation to stop the forced sale of TikTok is pretty telling that they will be negatively impacted by this.