Dragxito@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoTikTok's CEO is feeling the pressure and users are freaking outwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up1279arrow-down118
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minus-squareNutWrench@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down3·6 months agoGiven how easy it is to create shell corporations, how does any of this prevent the CCP from running TikTok through another proxy? I.e. is all this posturing just a colossal waste of time?
minus-squareButtons@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoI’ve been wondering the same. What prevents a few US Citizens from forming a totally new and independent company called BitDance and then ByteDance sells them TikTok for $3.99, and then BitDance hires a company from China to help consult on the algorithms they use.
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Given how easy it is to create shell corporations, how does any of this prevent the CCP from running TikTok through another proxy?
I.e. is all this posturing just a colossal waste of time?
I’ve been wondering the same.
What prevents a few US Citizens from forming a totally new and independent company called BitDance and then ByteDance sells them TikTok for $3.99, and then BitDance hires a company from China to help consult on the algorithms they use.
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