Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on the app: China Discusses Sale of TikTok US to Musk as One Possible Option www.bloomberg.com/news/article... - ThreadSky

timobrien.bsky.social • 46 days ago

Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on the app: China Discusses Sale of TikTok US to Musk as One Possible Option https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-14/china-discusses-sale-of-tiktok-us-to-musk-as-one-possible-option

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kimcat44.bsky.social•46 days ago

🤮

scottgumbleton.bsky.social•46 days ago

How about the US just sell the country to Musk?
FFS…what the hell is going on!

famousenuff.bsky.social•46 days ago

Might as well let the ban stay in place.

rxdavid.bsky.social•46 days ago

That’ll teach us. 🫢

gobearcats.bsky.social•46 days ago

Good Lord. Heaven help us.

gdd9000.bsky.social•46 days ago

Of ALL the possible ways this might be resolved, we somehow managed to find the WORST one. Remarkable.

bbdewz.bsky.social•46 days ago

I’d rather the Chinese keep it.

onlyhuman-sorry.bsky.social•46 days ago

Musk doesn't give a damn about “free speech” & only promotes his economic interests. To do so, he destabilizes liberal democracies by spreading misinformation, attacking countries that want to regulate him, then lining his pockets with Europe's far-right parties, while never bothering dictators. 1/2

onlyhuman-sorry.bsky.social•46 days ago

Therefore, it makes sense that China is thinking of selling him Tik Tok, as Musk promotes far-right propaganda and never upsets dictators, like Putin, Xi Jinping, Trump, Netanyahu, or Erdogan. 2/2

carly911.bsky.social•46 days ago

How convenient

mapaiko.bsky.social•46 days ago

Because selling to musk is selling to a fellow traveler. A guy they know they have leverage on and who'll play ball. If you haven't realized it yet, the authoritarians - state and private - are divvying up the world. Welcome to the end of the 19th century - but with computers and nukes.

chippetrie.bsky.social•46 days ago

This would do nothing to obviate the serious security issues with TT.

scottishox2.bsky.social•46 days ago

There are NO actual security issues on TT. It is an excuse to acquire another successful company for an American oligarch.

chippetrie.bsky.social•46 days ago

https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2024/08/tiktok-is-a-threat-to-national-security-but-not-for.html

scottishox2.bsky.social•46 days ago

Rand has an interesting "history" and association with the US Govt.

The use of A.I. models and data mining is a risk for ALL media platforms like Amazon, Apple, Meta, Google, Microsoft, and X.

There's ChatGpt, Grok, OpenAI or Copilot - yet the 🇺🇸 targets TIKTOK 🤔

China could just buy the data 🤷‍♂️

abefroman41.bsky.social•46 days ago

If you can point me towards a single security issue with it that Meta doesn’t already have, I’ll reconsider my stance that the whole controversy is asinine.

irishlizzy.bsky.social•46 days ago

Nope. I’ll be deleting immediately.

cassandra9.bsky.social•46 days ago

JFC!

jaytaylor.bsky.social•46 days ago

Oh, FFS!

litzz11.bsky.social•46 days ago

Sure because we all know Elon isn't a national security risk ... /sarcasm

evelinanycgal.bsky.social•46 days ago

If that happens bye bye tik tok. Enough w this guy ny Goodness

evelinanycgal.bsky.social•46 days ago

Wow

mamatoldjohnny.bsky.social•46 days ago

This is because the Chinese government is smart enough to know how hard they can squeeze Elon's balls.

claude-oneshot.bsky.social•46 days ago

This would be a very bad option, I suggest they speak to Mark Cuban.

mynahleague.bsky.social•46 days ago

Please say this isn’t so. It’s because of Tesla doing business in China.

agileaussie.bsky.social•46 days ago

Great, another platform for Musk to destroy.

on-tannhausergate.bsky.social•46 days ago

Oh FFS

shanahstone.bsky.social•46 days ago

Like this is just insane. Talk about a security risk.

bigsadbernie.bsky.social•45 days ago

Brah, you lost, get over it

themikeytrapp.bsky.social•46 days ago

Musk is a Chinese asset. But since this is happening in broad daylight (like everything Trump does), no one will care. Eat the broligarchs.

jim584.bsky.social•46 days ago

Then the Chinese government can get Musk to sell them all the information they want and our elected officials will be ok with this.

johntreacy.bsky.social•46 days ago

Of course. And then he makes a gift of it to Trump Media.

mariekeepfaithjb.bsky.social•46 days ago

Really

Good night .🌙

numb.comfortab.ly•46 days ago

There goes the neighbourhood

raisingonebrow.bsky.social•46 days ago

Get ready for TixTox

onerizla.bsky.social•46 days ago

Won’t this be a conflict of interest once Elon Musk is sworn in as President?

diotimaellen.bsky.social•46 days ago

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

almondmoons.bsky.social•46 days ago

offs

lgun1.bsky.social•46 days ago

Just ban the spies and be done with it.

nfbee.bsky.social•46 days ago

God no

riredlibrarian.bsky.social•46 days ago

First I quit Twitter since Musk’s ownership ruined my enjoyment on the app now I’m enjoying Tik Tok and again n will lose it too due to Musk’s management again. The world is so bad off

gerrig1954.bsky.social•46 days ago

If people realize musk has purchased TikTok could there be a decrease in the numbers of users? He was the reason I left Twitter. I have a disdain for assholes.

tinskyheart.bsky.social•46 days ago

No.

peony73.bsky.social•46 days ago

Shit

1836republic.bsky.social•46 days ago

Oh come on dt isn't even trying now if he lets EM get TikTok rather than directly letting his male spawns take it over (s/).

notoisrael.bsky.social•46 days ago

If that happens, we’ll migrate to little red book. I will not use/purchase anything that has Musk or Zuckerberg attached to it.

thecentrist.bsky.social•46 days ago

Conflict of interests much?

jenfriesarts.bsky.social•46 days ago

Musk, who is also expanding his Tesla operations in China, is talking to China about acquiring TikTok so it can keep operating in the US, while Musk is attached to the US federal gov't under El Cheeto. Sounds totally legit.

jimhoover017.bsky.social•46 days ago

Could see this one coming a mile away

gwchilly.bsky.social•46 days ago

“US operations”…

Good one.

fagankara.bsky.social•46 days ago

Just open corruption in the oligarch/WH

crazy4sherman.bsky.social•46 days ago

AWESOME. it'll become a disgusting cesspool like X and be worth nothing but something for Musk to all day.

gg22hcoach.bsky.social•46 days ago

Aaannnd, Musk isn't a security threat to National Security?!!

One should rethink THAT Strategy 🤔✨

gg22hcoach.bsky.social•46 days ago

That's why I left X & Meta!!!

rubyreid.bsky.social•46 days ago

🥰

resist-now-2025.bsky.social•46 days ago

We thought money was involved when Trump asked SCOTUS not to make a ruling until he was sworn in. Deport Elon Musk!

harsty19901.bsky.social•40 days ago

Ya that's much better! He's been feeding are enemies for a very long time

milsma.bsky.social•46 days ago

That’s essentially a middle finger from China.

honeybadger77.bsky.social•46 days ago

So one more social media platform controlled by Elon Musk. Insta delete if that happens.

lcwlaw1.bsky.social•46 days ago

Jesus Christ.

sfdave49.bsky.social•46 days ago

They're really out to destroy the world

premiumsteve.bsky.social•46 days ago

Elon Musk, notoriously not completely dependent on China to maintain his wealth

goodpeoplesfarm.bsky.social•46 days ago

🤣🤣🤣 we will really migrate to Red Book.

junostar444.bsky.social•46 days ago

Fuck no

nymhartist.bsky.social•46 days ago

But 🇨🇳 lol

falcoy1.bsky.social•46 days ago

Why am I not surprised, now they should really ban it!!

koyad13.bsky.social•46 days ago

Nooooooo

mikhos57.bsky.social•46 days ago

So nothing changes?

alfredsokoro.bsky.social•46 days ago

That will be devastating for China and Russia: they will have to pay Apartheid Wonder Boy for every kilobyte of US intel

boulderdaisy.bsky.social•46 days ago

Of course, Musk is a Chinese agent

bethycrowe.bsky.social•46 days ago

And I will quickly delete my TikTok. Because f*ck Elon Musk

curtisma.bsky.social•46 days ago

One's as bad as the other

chekovsgunman.bsky.social•46 days ago

Well I guess this is one way to prevent war with China

wickd.bsky.social•46 days ago

Not content with demolishing Twitter, Musk moves on to other things.

mtnmystic.bsky.social•46 days ago

If that happens, there goes the neighborhood! The word monopoly comes to mind.

tswanson.bsky.social•46 days ago

Jesus Christ, no.

wildcats4ginger.bsky.social•46 days ago

Doesn’t it seem frightening that Meta, X,Truth Social, Fox, now Tik Tok China deal w Elon Musk & lastly Kari Lake as Head of the (VOA) are controlling the far right agenda! Now let me add a nugget of info for you to digest, the seizing of communications by Trump https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/guide-emergency-powers-and-their-use

wildcats4ginger.bsky.social•46 days ago

We need to be careful as to not become a country of government controlled medias. Click on my site & thumb down for recent response I wrote about this.

wildcats4ginger.bsky.social•46 days ago

Section 606 of the 1934 Communications Act, allows the president to seize or shut down “any facility or station for wire communication” upon His Proclamation

canadiangirly.bsky.social•46 days ago

Wtf?

icedbrew2.bsky.social•46 days ago

For. Fuck’s. Sake.

rraino.bsky.social•46 days ago

Musk wants the magic algo

And he has had 'experiences' running a social platform

Once he finds that the algo feeds the user what they & not Elon wants
He'll try to fix it & break it instead

Hope the TikTokers enjoy incel porn

horseyjvs.bsky.social•46 days ago

Terrible option. Catastrophic.

janicehopkins.bsky.social•46 days ago

I have been screaming this since last year he will partner with Peter Thiel and Donald Trump and try to infuse true social into the platform. Americans need to call their senators and congressman to say that they do not want us to have that much power.

janicehopkins.bsky.social•46 days ago

*musty to have that much power.

rainsend.bsky.social•46 days ago

Musk will just turn it into a swamp like X.

migdalorguy.bsky.social•46 days ago

Oh f*ck no

basialauwers.bsky.social•46 days ago

dmooney9.bsky.social•46 days ago

So it will still be controlled by China

little-thieves.com•46 days ago

Also Russia! Double win

secretariatgirl.bsky.social•46 days ago

David Feldman talks about all this kabuki theater...any ban would start 1/19, but they have 3 months extra to find a buyer. ANOTHER billionaire who donated to the Trump campaign is ALREADY a part owner...Jeff Yas, who probably got Trump to change his mind to suddenly be against a ban.

secretariatgirl.bsky.social•46 days ago

Of course, Musk is first in line and China will still have a connection anyway....

roonvt.bsky.social•46 days ago

Oh for fucks sake…..

calicat.bsky.social•46 days ago

"possible buyer" my ass. Elon wants a spy app to use against everyone who says bad things about him. He's that kind of whiny crybaby.

markjager.bsky.social•46 days ago

Selling it to themselves

tiguyd.bsky.social•46 days ago

Of course it does.

scholarlymouse.bsky.social•46 days ago

TikTok might as well axe itself at that point. After seeing what Musk has done to Xitter, few would be willing to touch TT if he bought it. It would be almost an insta-death for the platform.

katnissrighthere.bsky.social•46 days ago

America getting closer to a SINKHOLE!!!

thepointbeing.bsky.social•46 days ago

That will be the end of it as well!!

maylangford.bsky.social•46 days ago

No. Absolutely not. Let it burn.

cassiejo3.bsky.social•46 days ago

Can’t see any issues with this… (except every single thing!)

unhappyashell.bsky.social•46 days ago

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

mary1kathy.bsky.social•46 days ago

Damn if they don’t get every thing they want. Them being the billionaire oligarchs hellbent on controlling the world. Musk owning TikTok and X; Zuck owning all things Meta and Trump owning them both should be against the laws of God and Man!

onetinsoldier61.bsky.social•46 days ago

I've left all sites other than blue sky. For now, everyone should.

psgoddard.bsky.social•46 days ago

If this is True, HOW can 🇺🇸 Congress not seriously question whether Musk is an Operative of the Chinese Government. A possible condition of allowing him to get loans & operate Tesla factories in China. Would explain Musk's surging interest in 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 & 🇪🇺 Politics. An interest he never had before now.

abefroman41.bsky.social•46 days ago

This is worse than just shuttering it

wudihan.bsky.social•44 days ago

This brouhaha forgets that China will never approve the sale of TikTok's algorithm and that the US will never accept buying TikTok without its algorithm. Period.

puprluvr.bsky.social•46 days ago

No no no no no

pa14313.bsky.social•46 days ago

OMG!! Another social media company gets taken over by Leon.

lovemypupper.bsky.social•46 days ago

Oh nooooooo

tompaine1776.bsky.social•46 days ago

We are officially a Banana Republic

beihai.bsky.social•46 days ago

at least Banana Republics have bananas (and nice beaches). we are a Kakistocracy; government run by the worst, least qualified, AND most unscrupulous citizens

onceuponaminivan.bsky.social•46 days ago

I’d hate to delete TikTok but Must has already ruined twitter he would do the same to TT

middledude.bsky.social•46 days ago

From the frying pan into the fire. Perfect.

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