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dlk

(13,230 posts) Fri Mar 22, 2024, 01:25 PM Mar 2024

Changing Tik Tok's ownership without significantly changing the rules of the road for all social media, is a money grab

Steve Mnuchin, seriously?

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Changing Tik Tok's ownership without significantly changing the rules of the road for all social media, is a money grab (Original Post) dlk Mar 2024 OP

It's not about existence or not or evenness of rules. It's about "don't believe Chinese owners" Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2024 #1

The fascists are losing the PR war LuvLoogie Mar 2024 #2

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)

1. It's not about existence or not or evenness of rules. It's about "don't believe Chinese owners"

Reply to dlk (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2024, 01:50 PM

Mar 2024

The rules to protect user data are the same, have not changed and are the same for all social media (US law).

The government does not trust the Chinese owners to obey the law.

LuvLoogie

(8,774 posts)

2. The fascists are losing the PR war

Reply to dlk (Original post)

Fri Mar 22, 2024, 02:51 PM

Mar 2024

That's why they want to either control or ban TikTok. Their spin is wearing thin.

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