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> one member designated by the US government. Why does the board of TikTok need a gov member? Is Meta going to get a gov chaperone too? And Oracle surely needs
by bix6 1y ago
> one member designated by the US government.
Why does the board of TikTok need a gov member? Is Meta going to get a gov chaperone too? And Oracle surely needs one as well.
Is the gov putting out a call for board member civil servants? Like where does this person even come from?
- duxup 1y agoSame reason they put a guy at CBS as a "bias monitor": https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-fcc-cbs-news-bias-censorship-60-minutes-rcna224423 https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-fcc-cbs-ne... They want their guy to make sure things go their way / people say the "right" things.
- piva00 1y agoDidn't expect to see the USA employing press censors in my lifetime but here we are. In Brazil during the dictatorship it was common for newspapers to print cooking recipes in place of censored articles, now I'm waiting to see if media in the USA has the balls to play the malicious compliance game... I guess I won't see it since money is basically God in America.
- xboxnolifes 1y agoOne could argue they're not the same, but there has been TV broadcast censors for decades in the US. They were still least following somewhat defined laws though.
- tempodox 1y ago> They were still least following somewhat defined laws though. I expect them to continue to do so, except that uncle Donald is the law now.
- throw310822 1y ago> a guy at CBS as a "bias monitor" Kenneth Weinstein. "Mr. Weinstein has had a long career in right-leaning and neoconservative public policy circles. He is a firm and vocal champion of Israel." (NyTimes)
- throw0101d 1y ago* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_R._Weinstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_R._Weinstein
- hopelite 1y ago[flagged]
- octopoc 1y agoI've been wondering if enough people would be single issue voters on the Israel question that we could actually get some sort of candidate who attracts a ton of voters from both traditional parties. It's ironic because (IMO) people like Ben Shapiro and other pro-Israel people deliberately divide us to prevent us from uniting against them, but the genocide has actually united us[1]. Just the other day I saw a Twitter post from one Cenk Ugyur reaching across the aisle and saying "good job" to right wingers who objected to hate speech laws against people who celebrated Kirk's assassination. Admittedly, if 68% of Americans are opposed to Israel that doesn't necessarily mean all of them are single issue voters... but I think this is the first issue I've seen in my lifetime that gets this close to uniting Americans. [1] https://news.gallup.com/poll/692948/u.s.-back-israel-military-action-gaza-new-low.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/692948/u.s.-back-israel-militar...
- seattle_spring 1y agoCenk Ugyur agreeing with right wing talking points is not "reaching across the aisle." Not even a little bit.
- hopelite 1y agoSo at least 5 accounts not only do see the value in dividing people into “left” and “right”, but they also were compelled to vote it down? Or was it just abuse of the system?
- phs318u 1y agoOracle doesn’t need one. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32596903 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32596903
- coffeebeqn 1y agoWhat do you mean - the CCP has always had someone sit on the board of major companies… oh wait which country was this again?
- thrance 1y agoIt's the political komissar, here to make sure nothing too critical of the current administration is allowed on the platform.
- hopelite 1y agoThis goes way beyond this current administration and has nothing to do with China, besides being the foil for the real reason of controlling what people can see and hear because the cabal that controls the USA does not like it.
- thrance 1y agoJust so we know, who's the cabal?
- hopelite 1y agoAny do you act ignorant?
- platevoltage 1y agoYeah I want to know who the cabal is too. Release the kraken or whatever.
- oblio 1y agoWhy do you assume everyone knows? List stuff out for all to see and learn.
- hopelite 1y agoBecause it's obvious, it's the cabal of ruling class people that are effectively reestablishing a system comparable to the aristocracy that was ended with the US constitution and they have been working on destroying and undermining because it gave power to the people. Unfortunately, it is something that the multitude really have no ability to understand, which is precisely why the founders of the USA tried very hard not to extend power to the uninformed and incompetent multitude, just like how all of us prevent everyone from accessing our source-code for obvious reasons.
- overfeed 1y ago> Is Meta going to get a gov chaperone too? I believe the technical name is "Political Commissar." Edit: Dana White, of MMA fame, now sits on Meta's board, though it is at Zuckerberg's request.
- rhetocj23 1y agoAt his request lol. Strong corporate governance structure.
- overfeed 1y agoUnsurprisingly, investors care more about returns than good governance structures. At least in the short term. I wonder how Page, Brin and Zuckerberg will handle their controlling stakes as they lose their fights against time.
- mandeepj 1y ago> Is Meta going to get a gov chaperone too? They already got quite a few, post 2024 election. https://about.fb.com/news/2025/01/dana-white-john-elkann-charlie-songhurst-meta-board-of-directors/ https://about.fb.com/news/2025/01/dana-white-john-elkann-cha... https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/tech/robby-starbuck-meta-ai-advisor https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/tech/robby-starbuck-meta-ai-a...
- Cornbilly 1y agoHa. I hadn’t seen the news in the latter link. Washed-up music video director to professional Twitter poster to advisor at Facebook. What a display of the American meritocracy.
- bamboozled 1y agoThe whole country is turning into a joke, that's why.