• charlie [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    TikTok isn’t even Chinese really so look at this for what it is, Anti-China posturing to build sentiment for future conflict.

    TikTok is is only 20% owned by the founder who is a private individual and not the Chinese government, and overwhelmingly 60% of the company is owned by western finance groups, ie: Carlyle Group, General Atlantic, and Susquehanna International Group, etc

    3 of the 5 board of Directors for BiteDance are American.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      TikTok isn’t even Chinese really

      Its a product that competes with traditional American social media giants, so its (A) definitely from China and (B) definitely a powerful opioid and © directly responsible for… fuck, idk, Hamas? I think TikTok created Hamas.

      3 of the 5 board of Directors for BiteDance are American.

      Americans WITH CHINESE SURNAMES!!! We all know what that means.