U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China

Post by reaperducer » Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 6:19 PM UTC

ferguess_k wrote: post #154

Just don't use it. Regardless of who is in control, Tiktok is basically an app designed by some of the smartest minds in the world to get you addicted. I already observed the brainrot similar apps caused to my parents, and for hell I won't allow my kid to touch it whenever I have control. Whether you "learned" anything from it is irrelevant too -- you can always learn better with books, classes, and heck even YouTube…

Post by jimbokun » Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 6:21 PM UTC

schnable wrote: post #148

volleyball wrote: post #41

So Larry Ellison just took over Paramount group which is now looking to bid for Warner Brothers and CNN. And now Ellison is going to take over TikTok. Paramount(being run by Larry Ellison's son) is looking to install the pro-israel-propagandist who has variously masqueraded as a liberal, a conservative and anti-woke free-speech champion, Bari Weiss[1] as CBS's editor-in-chief or co-president[2]. It also bears mention…

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Post by jimbokun » Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 6:21 PM UTC

seizethecheese wrote: post #180

spacechild1 wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is just crazy. No single person should have this amount of power, in particular if they have the moral integrity of Larry Ellison...

Genuine question: what do you think the alternative is? Ultimately someone will have the power. I don’t know what’s particularly questionable about Larry Ellison. An entrepreneur controlling media seems better than the state or a foreign government.

Post by ecshafer » Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 6:22 PM UTC

volleyball wrote: post #41

So Larry Ellison just took over Paramount group which is now looking to bid for Warner Brothers and CNN. And now Ellison is going to take over TikTok. Paramount(being run by Larry Ellison's son) is looking to install the pro-israel-propagandist who has variously masqueraded as a liberal, a conservative and anti-woke free-speech champion, Bari Weiss[1] as CBS's editor-in-chief or co-president[2]. It also bears mention…

Post by hereme888 » Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 6:24 PM UTC

mothballed wrote: post #74

aurareturn wrote: post #50

I think it's bad news if the US government owns Tiktok data rather than the Chinese government. Chinese government won't prosecute me. US government might. The State Department also said it would crack down on non-citizens who have made posts making light of the shooting. “In light of yesterday’s horrific assassination of a leading political figure, I want to underscore that foreigners who glorify violence and hatred…

I've come across at least one businessman who refuses to use anything but a Chinese phone he bought in china, with chinese sim card and chinese apps, for that exact reason.