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I’m not weighing in on the right or wrong of people using TikTok or where, but let’s not fuck around on ByteDance being the social media arm of the PRC? I did
by benreesman 3y ago
I’m not weighing in on the right or wrong of people using TikTok or where, but let’s not fuck around on ByteDance being the social media arm of the PRC?
I did years at IG, we knew who we were competing with.
- pavlov 3y agoSure. I have no illusions about TikTok. But constitutionally they can't be targeted just because "everyone knows who they are." It's an American corporation on paper, employs thousands of people in the US, and must be treated equally. AFAIK, the legal structure includes several parent companies in the Caymans (TikTok Inc. in America is owned by TikTok Ltd in the Caymans, which is owned by ByteDance also registered in the Caymans but controlled by Chinese interests - maybe via some Singapore routing too, I forget). Legislators probably need to do their homework to find the smoking gun in that structure.