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U.S. opens a national security review of TikTok’s acquisition of Musical.ly

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Post by inetknght »

situational87 wrote: post #2

After the US claimed that Huawei was a national security threat only to drop this claim completely when China started cooperating on trade talks I honestly don't know what to believe anymore.

China started cooperating on trade talks?

Re: U.S. opens a national security review of TikTok’s acquisition of Musical.ly

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Post by DiabloD3 »

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #3

YouTube: That's a nice video streaming business you got there TikTok. A shame if anything ever happened to it.

Honestly, I think it's more "You know what happens when you piss off the US gov, Youtube?" (Gov shoots TikTok, to make an example) "That's what. Now get back to work."

Youtube has done a lot of stupid things lately that really do feel like it is an external political agenda being forced on them, not an internal one being forced by misguided placation of shareholders.

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Post by cblades »

DiabloD3 wrote: post #6
kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #3

YouTube: That's a nice video streaming business you got there TikTok. A shame if anything ever happened to it.

Honestly, I think it's more "You know what happens when you piss off the US gov, Youtube?" (Gov shoots TikTok, to make an example) "That's what. Now get back to work." Youtube has done a lot of stupid things lately that really do feel like it is an external political agenda being forced on them, not an internal one being forced by misguided placation of shareholders.

Could you expand on some of the things youtube has done that you believe might be the result of external political pressure?

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Post by oogali »

situational87 wrote: post #2

After the US claimed that Huawei was a national security threat only to drop this claim completely when China started cooperating on trade talks I honestly don't know what to believe anymore.

I'm not sure what you're referring to in reference to "drop this claim completely".

FCC is actively pursuing removal of Huawei and ZTE equipment under a threat to national security.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/28/fcc-rules-huawei-zte/

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