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7. TikTok won't be banned -

Reply to Autumn (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 16, 2023, 12:39 PM

Mar 2023

It will be sold to an American company looking for big bucks and clout.

TikTok is a money machine. U.S. companies, including RW U.S. companies, want in. That is what this is all about. Can anyone seriously suggest that everyone would be talking National Security if TikTok was losing money?

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Would you prefer TikTok to be owned by Byte Dance, a Chinese company, or Elon Musk? [View all] speak easy Mar 2023 OP

I'm 100% of a forced sale, or ban. Here's why themaguffin Mar 2023 #1

"Our campaigns in Google in China (our ad campaigns targeting Chinese users) were useless. speak easy Mar 2023 #3

I wasn't referencing for money reasons, but because of the other reasons I stated. themaguffin Mar 2023 #9

They need to work something out. Banning TikTok is going to piss off a lot of people. Autumn Mar 2023 #2

TikTok won't be banned - speak easy Mar 2023 #7

China doesn't want to sell it womanofthehills Mar 2023 #21

Someone told me that Western special interests are very worried since malaise Mar 2023 #4

There's an additional claim. Igel Mar 2023 #5

"Ah, and follow the money. Please, lets have money flow to the CCP" speak easy Mar 2023 #8

Yes. themaguffin Mar 2023 #10

So why haven't we banned bilibili.tv? speak easy Mar 2023 #12

Concerns over tiktok aren't new and precede its place now in social media. themaguffin Mar 2023 #13

The CCP is fully embedded in WeChat speak easy Mar 2023 #15

No doubt. themaguffin Mar 2023 #20

And these concerns aren't new. This was even before the app was as big as it is now. themaguffin Mar 2023 #11

Literally anyone else? Initech Mar 2023 #6

Elon, even though he sucks in every way. Oneironaut Mar 2023 #14

DeSantis is evil and autocratic. speak easy Mar 2023 #17

Six of one, half a dozen of the other...nt Wounded Bear Mar 2023 #16

We have RW social media meddling. speak easy Mar 2023 #18

Just sayin'...Musk ain't much of an improvement over the Chinese... Wounded Bear Mar 2023 #19