Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok

I understand the argument that TikTok is credibly more exposed to demands from the CCP than American Social media. I'm not entirely convinced it's happening to an alarming degree, some collaboration with governments seem inevitable, but I'm also not unconvinced.

I don't see how that in any way leads into an argument of "If China agrees to open up its market to foreign social media, without censorship, then we can consider TikTok existing." That sounds way more like a national capitalist argument than one for national security.

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Post by vinni2 » Sat, Jan 18, 2025, 10:21 PM UTC

Perplexity sounds desperate. They got early traction and have money but they seem to be lost.

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Post by chvid » Sat, Jan 18, 2025, 10:24 PM UTC

Deeply unserious (like the rest of the TikTok saga) and TikTok even at a depressed price is worth far more than perplexity.

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Post by Vervious » Sat, Jan 18, 2025, 10:25 PM UTC

blackeyeblitzar wrote: post #2

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tit for tat makes the U.S. more like the CCP, and less like the version of the U.S. that stands for freedom and democracy (that I presume you want to live in).

if you want to live in an American version of china where instead of bytedance we have zuckagram, go for it. Chinese social media has vastly out-innovated American platforms and the Zuck/Musk response is to ban the competition rather than write a proper law regulating social media platforms

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Post by ipster_io » Sat, Jan 18, 2025, 10:28 PM UTC

blackeyeblitzar wrote: post #2

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There is absolutely no difference between TikTok, Meta, Google et al.

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Post by xnx » Sat, Jan 18, 2025, 10:28 PM UTC

Disappointing that any real site is promoting this marketing stunt