Lmao "protecting American data" by handing it over the the UAE.
Larry Ellison will own the data. It already is hosted on Oracle Cloud.
The data won't leave the US, the UAE are paying a protection tax.
Abu Dhabi royal family to take stake in TikTok US
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#62The ideal scenario isn't the government forcing a sale of TikTok for political reasons. The ideal is that people stop using TikTok because they realize it's not good for them, but I guess I don't see that happening. Instead we'll just continue scrolling while wondering why we're so unhappy and angry all the time.
I had heard that the existing TikTok app will shut down in the U.S, with the investment consortium launching a new TikTok US app and re-training the algorithm on U.S. users only. If this is true, it might have the same effect: speedbumps where users have to download a new app and lose all their personalization often lead to massive drops in userbase, as they figure that if they have to start from scratch anyway, they might as well start from scratch doing something else.
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#63This is turning into a crude case study for multipolar geopolitics.
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#64Lmao "protecting American data" by handing it over the the UAE.
Larry Ellison is far more concerning:
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/5038379
Between them and a16z, this is Israel taking control of a channel they view as threatening as it gives Palestinians a voice.
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#65The ideal scenario isn't the government forcing a sale of TikTok for political reasons. The ideal is that people stop using TikTok because they realize it's not good for them, but I guess I don't see that happening. Instead we'll just continue scrolling while wondering why we're so unhappy and angry all the time.
I had heard that the existing TikTok app will shut down in the U.S, with the investment consortium launching a new TikTok US app and re-training the algorithm on U.S. users only. If this is true, it might have the same effect: speedbumps where users have to download a new app and lose all their personalization often lead to massive drops in userbase, as they figure that if they have to start from scratch anyway, they…
They (Andressen et al) won't do it that way.
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#66If Larry Ellison overtly censors TikTok, teenagers will leave.
Do I understand that the strategy here is soft power so that teenagers get approved content via the algorithm in the hope that they don't notice? That is a pretty big gamble.
So they are dumping part of that risk on the gulf monarchies like with Twitter. I bet China is already working on a TikTok replacement.
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> letting china potentially use tiktok to spread anti western propoganda Lol if you bought into this. All the anti-Tiktok stuff & forced sale is just a gift to American businesses that were struggling to compete.
"Anti western propaganda" means "dont show whats happening in Palestine and you'll be fine."
Israel has controlled the narrative on Meta and Google. TikTok is the only platform they couldn't control until now.
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Re: Abu Dhabi royal family to take stake in TikTok US
#69If Larry Ellison overtly censors TikTok, teenagers will leave. Do I understand that the strategy here is soft power so that teenagers get approved content via the algorithm in the hope that they don't notice? That is a pretty big gamble. So they are dumping part of that risk on the gulf monarchies like with Twitter. I bet China is already working on a TikTok replacement.
No they wont, teens everywhere still use IG, and YT.
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#70The ideal scenario isn't the government forcing a sale of TikTok for political reasons. The ideal is that people stop using TikTok because they realize it's not good for them, but I guess I don't see that happening. Instead we'll just continue scrolling while wondering why we're so unhappy and angry all the time.
IMO the ideal is incredibly strong data privacy laws such that it does not matter if consumer products are owned by a rich guy in Mountain View or Abu Dhabi.