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US government accuses TikTok of being a mouthpiece for the Communist Party

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Re: US government accuses TikTok of being a mouthpiece for the Communist Party

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Tiktok/ByteDance was interviewing pretty furiously in the Bay Area last year. All around I heard good things about the process.

An interesting thing about their interview process is that they often required a night time slot for at least one round.

This was because many teams had their direct manager or VP in mainland PRC, which has a 15 time hour difference.

Re: US government accuses TikTok of being a mouthpiece for the Communist Party

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"The Trump administration, however, did not offer any direct evidence that TikTok's U.S. data has ever been assessed by Beijing officials."

Why should they reveal confidential intelligence? Does any government ever really do? Its stupid to do so.

Its tiktok job to show and prove that the suspicion is not the case.

Re: US government accuses TikTok of being a mouthpiece for the Communist Party

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How does this even matter now when TikTok has successfully partnered with Oracle? They are now free to operate.

> Trump said he gave a deal to save TikTok involving companies Oracle and Walmart his tentative blessing, but an agreement never materialized, as the U.S. firms and ByteDance appear at odds over a number of details, including what firm would hold the largest stake in the new company. TikTok acquisition talks are ongoing.

Re: US government accuses TikTok of being a mouthpiece for the Communist Party

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post #5

"The Trump administration, however, did not offer any direct evidence that TikTok's U.S. data has ever been assessed by Beijing officials."

Why should they reveal confidential intelligence? Does any government ever really do? Its stupid to do so. Its tiktok job to show and prove that the suspicion is not the case.

Is it? The US legal system is supposed to operate under the assumption of "innocent until proven guilty."

Re: US government accuses TikTok of being a mouthpiece for the Communist Party

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post #5

"The Trump administration, however, did not offer any direct evidence that TikTok's U.S. data has ever been assessed by Beijing officials."

Why should they reveal confidential intelligence? Does any government ever really do? Its stupid to do so. Its tiktok job to show and prove that the suspicion is not the case.

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