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Except that this story reveals the obvious reason this wouldn't work. How do you reliably keep that US "arm" from being co-opted? How do you make sure that the
by Bud 4y ago
Except that this story reveals the obvious reason this wouldn't work. How do you reliably keep that US "arm" from being co-opted? How do you make sure that the software isn't phoning home to China regardless of what the US arm does?
Oracle and Walmart reportedly at that time brokered a deal to run the US arm of TikTok. Do you trust them? Walmart certainly isn't politically neutral, by any stretch. Meanwhile, Larry Ellison was a leading figure in the effort to subvert the 2020 election. He was on the Nov. 14 election subversion planning call, along with "Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.); Fox News host Sean Hannity; Jay Sekulow, an attorney for President Donald Trump; and James Bopp Jr., an attorney for True the Vote, a Texas-based nonprofit that has promoted disputed claims of widespread voter fraud." (source: WaPo)
This doesn't seem like a solid plan, to put it rather mildly.
- LarryMullins 4y agoThe US Government already trusts Oracle Corp with much more than merely a social media application. https://www.oracle.com/industries/government/us-defense/ https://www.oracle.com/industries/government/us-defense/ Larry Ellison defecting to China doesn't seem like a likely scenario, I don't think he'd like life as an international fugitive, slave to a host with a history of treating their own native billionaires harshly. Barring such a flight, the US Government can get their hands on him if that becomes necessary, but I doubt it will.
- MisterMower 4y ago> Oracle and Walmart reportedly at that time brokered a deal to run the US arm of TikTok. Do you trust them? Well, I trust them more than I trust China. I guess we should have done nothing instead?
- partiallypro 4y agoEvery person and company you just mentioned are infinitely more trustworthy than the CCP, and that's saying a lot.