i mean there are legit concerns with bytedance & national security. but there are also the same concerns with meta, google, & every other social media provider. bytedance does host data that physically lives in china.
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They host, but not any of US or EU data. If they would, US citizens would have full access to the services.
But, in all Internet services, you either pay with money or then…you are the product.
they’re still under the jurisdiction of the CCP. if the chinese communist party decides they want to do something, by law, bytedance would have to do it.
I don’t want dilute you argument, but while technically plausible, CCP is known to play a very long game. Just look at EVs, they own key battery patents and practically the whole global raw materials and value chain involved with manufacturing them. They are not after any quick and dirty moves.
yeah with all the known electoral interference from FB et al it’s difficult to take any of the claims seriously. if “foreign owned social” is bad then every other country needs to ban fb, twitter, et al
Just another vehicle to your traditional media outlets. At least EU Commission has run paid or deal based promotions on TikTok. Surely it would be easier to governs [add entity] if one could control the narrative.
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But, in all Internet services, you either pay with money or then…you are the product.