Amazon Submits Bid for TikTok with US Sale Deadline Nearing

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Post by frutiger » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 5:18 PM UTC

Amazon Submits Bid for TikTok with US Sale Deadline Nearing
bloomberg.com

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Post by pvg » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 5:23 PM UTC

https://archive.is/k2NSu

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Post by jeffwask » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 5:36 PM UTC

Makes sense, Bezos is the only oligarch without a pet social media app.

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Post by samlinnfer » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 5:36 PM UTC

jeffwask wrote: post #3

Makes sense, Bezos is the only oligarch without a pet social media app.

He has twich.tv

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 5:38 PM UTC

jeffwask wrote: post #3

Makes sense, Bezos is the only oligarch without a pet social media app.

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Post by pests » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 5:39 PM UTC

samlinnfer wrote: post #4

jeffwask wrote: post #3

Makes sense, Bezos is the only oligarch without a pet social media app.

He has twich.tv

#28 by DAU

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_platforms_with_...

Barely even makes the list. TikTok at #4 would be much more influential.

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Post by RobRivera » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 5:40 PM UTC

samlinnfer wrote: post #4

jeffwask wrote: post #3

Makes sense, Bezos is the only oligarch without a pet social media app.

He has twich.tv

Eh, I feel like twitch.tv is different enough.

I agree with your observation, tho. I feel like twitch is more about e-celeb fan access.

I dont think Destiny 'feed nathan' Dusty fans are doing a lot of peer to peer socialization. (Then again, maybe Im wrong).

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Post by walterbell » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 5:44 PM UTC

TikTok hired former TLA officers (2022), https://www.scrippsnews.com/science-and-tech/social-media/ti...

  The U.S. intelligence community sees China as its top threat. But Americans who have left intelligence agencies are getting jobs at TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance.. the lines between business and government get blurred in China, in part because of Beijing's national intelligence law, which compels citizens and businesses to share information with state intelligence-gathering efforts.. America's freedoms give China an advantage.

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Post by explain » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 5:44 PM UTC

pests wrote: post #6

samlinnfer wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He has twich.tv

#28 by DAU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_platforms_with_... Barely even makes the list. TikTok at #4 would be much more influential.

But a huge amount of propagation of Twitch content onto YouTube, TikTok and X. Influentially outsized.

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Post by siliconc0w » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 5:46 PM UTC

It's crazy to me that TikTok is still operating. A law was passed, the supreme court even weighed in, and a EO cannot undo that. The president has an obligation to faithfully execute the law.