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> You don't need proof that ByteDance is controlled by the CCP Well, there is a counter proof. One of ByteDance's app (com.ss.android.essay.joke) was shutdown
by est 6y ago
> You don't need proof that ByteDance is controlled by the CCP
Well, there is a counter proof. One of ByteDance's app (com.ss.android.essay.joke) was shutdown by CCP in 2018. Bytedance is a victim of governments bullies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/technology/china-toutiao-bytedance-censor.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/technology/china-toutiao-...
> Vulgar content on the Neihan Duanzi app had “caused strong dislike among internet users,” a brief notice from the State Administration of Radio and Television said. The company was told to clean up its other platforms, too.
- Craighead 6y agoOh... which is it? CCP are bullies? or there's no proof they can be bullies?
- buffin 6y agoThat's actually not a counter proof. It shows that they couldn't stand up to the bully. We don't have to question the Tiktok leadership's intent, just the CCP's intent and its ability.
- Thorentis 6y agoThat... just shows that ByteDance will do what the CCP says. Which is exactly the problem being discussed here.
- est 6y ago> ByteDance will do what the CCP says If bytedance does what CCP says there won't be any app shutdown in the first place.