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Trump says he would be open to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison purchasing TikTok US as part of a joint venture that would give the US government 50% ownership (Bloomberg)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-21/trump-says-he-s-open-to-musk-or-ellison-purchasing-tiktok | http://www.techmeme.com/250121/p29#a250121p29

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tkb24.bsky.social•127 days ago

So, 50% of the 50% or does he want Mush and Ellison to pay for it and then sign it over to the US Gov to run? I think I read about this kind of thing in my political science classes, something about how Communism in the USSR works. Yeah, that is it. Go figure, eh!

weedbay.net•127 days ago

Buy tiktoc to replace the taxes on billionaires by cutting what they pay out to creators. Have I got that right?

selmadale.bsky.social•127 days ago

I think this means tik tok is now a propaganda channel. Use it at your own risk. I trust the Chinese at this point more than trump and his Nazis

michaeljblum.bsky.social•127 days ago

Seizing the means of production… what do they call that?? 🤔

naturalwanderer.bsky.social•127 days ago

Government control over information sounds like Animal Farm

publicobserver.bsky.social•127 days ago

obiunokenobi.bsky.social•127 days ago

There would be 1A lawsuit after 1A lawsuit…

mountainmanmatt.bsky.social•126 days ago

Why do I get the feeling that Trump means himself when he says the US government? What would the government even do with ownership over a social media platform?