Amazon Submits Bid for TikTok with US Sale Deadline Nearing

Post by asveikau » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 5:49 PM UTC

explain wrote: post #9

pests wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

#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.

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 5:52 PM UTC

siliconc0w wrote: post #10

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.

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 5:52 PM UTC

walterbell wrote: post #8

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 com…

Post by candiddevmike » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 5:54 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

Post by BryantD » Wed, Apr 02, 2025, 5:55 PM UTC

siliconc0w wrote: post #10

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.