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I presume there are legal safeguards, but what would prevent ByteDance from #yolo and turn the entire platform into an overt anti-Trump/Republican advertising n
by fatjokes 6y ago
I presume there are legal safeguards, but what would prevent ByteDance from #yolo and turn the entire platform into an overt anti-Trump/Republican advertising network for the next 90 days? I mean, what's the gov't going to do---shut them down?
I just remember in NYC when Uber added a "De Blasio" (the mayor, who was in the pocket of the local taxi cabal) mode (in addition to Economy, XL, etc.) that had higher prices and longer wait times.
EDIT: In fact, they probably won't even need to be explicitly anti-Trump. They can just turn the entire app into a get-out-the-vote campaign aimed at a young, mostly already anti-Trump user base.
- DLay 6y agoIt's not just the Trump administration that has an issue with TikTok. Joe Biden's campaign told its staffers to delete the app from their phones, and Senator Schumer publicly stated he wanted it sold off to a U.S. company.