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- The country with proven mass surveillance of its own citizens. - Only country caught tapping German Chancellor's Phones. - Country trying to put Assange in pr

- The country with proven mass surveillance of its own citizens. - Only country caught tapping German Chancellor's Phones. - Country trying to put Assange in prison for 100+ years. etc....so much more I could add. This country that does not need to be named is now banning an app on the pretext of intelligence? Poetic. This is also very anti-capitalist which is slightly more worrying. Many businesses now depend on tiktok. Much of ecommerce growth in the past 2 years has been due to tiktok. I hope the ban does not happen but if it does, China should ban the production and sale of Tesla's or something similar.

sarimkx 3y ago
Correction: possible death penalty for Assange https://thegrayzone.com/2024/03/05/assanges-julian-death-penalty-extradited/ https://thegrayzone.com/2024/03/05/assanges-julian-death-pen...
squigz 3y ago
> Much of ecommerce growth in the past 2 years has been due to tiktok. Literally any kind of source for this claim, please?
- vinnyvichy 3y ago
  There have been submissions on HN about how TikTok makes $$, but due to the post-Gen-Z majority here, they have absolutely gotten no attention, despite nominally being of interest to hackers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35311791 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35311791 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39474023 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39474023 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38024226 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38024226 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35359943 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35359943 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38595395 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38595395
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  - reaperman 3y ago
    Really shows how in aggregate, the HN crowd is really becoming more and more part of the “incumbent” these days. It is both ironic (for a startup-focused community), but also expected (has been 20+ years and the original YC startups are the old mega companies building regulatory capture now).
- sarimkx 3y ago
  https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-seeks-up-20-bln-e-commerce-business-this-year-bloomberg-news-2023-06-08/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-seeks-up-20-bln-e-... They are investing in this sector a lot as well https://www.axios.com/2022/10/11/tiktok-chases-amazon-fulfillment-centers https://www.axios.com/2022/10/11/tiktok-chases-amazon-fulfil... These are general news links. Without going into too many details, I know many ecom brands based in the U.S. & UK that literally depend on sales from TikTok.

sarimkx 3y ago

Correction: possible death penalty for Assange https://thegrayzone.com/2024/03/05/assanges-julian-death-penalty-extradited/ https://thegrayzone.com/2024/03/05/assanges-julian-death-pen...

squigz 3y ago

> Much of ecommerce growth in the past 2 years has been due to tiktok. Literally any kind of source for this claim, please?

vinnyvichy 3y ago
There have been submissions on HN about how TikTok makes $$, but due to the post-Gen-Z majority here, they have absolutely gotten no attention, despite nominally being of interest to hackers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35311791 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35311791 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39474023 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39474023 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38024226 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38024226 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35359943 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35359943 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38595395 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38595395
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- reaperman 3y ago
  Really shows how in aggregate, the HN crowd is really becoming more and more part of the “incumbent” these days. It is both ironic (for a startup-focused community), but also expected (has been 20+ years and the original YC startups are the old mega companies building regulatory capture now).
sarimkx 3y ago
https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-seeks-up-20-bln-e-commerce-business-this-year-bloomberg-news-2023-06-08/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-seeks-up-20-bln-e-... They are investing in this sector a lot as well https://www.axios.com/2022/10/11/tiktok-chases-amazon-fulfillment-centers https://www.axios.com/2022/10/11/tiktok-chases-amazon-fulfil... These are general news links. Without going into too many details, I know many ecom brands based in the U.S. & UK that literally depend on sales from TikTok.