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TikTok's CEO is feeling the pressure and users are freaking out (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Dragxito@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 61 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Governments banning social media based on who can use it to spy on who, instead of creating privacy regulations and enforcing them to create and regulate markets, which is kinda what they should do, to make it so it doesn't matter who owns which app. Taking an opportunity and shitting all over it for some childish standoff should be beneath us.

[–] Buttons@programming.dev 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It wont work either, there's so many legal tricks that can change the owner of a company without actually changing who controls the company.

"TikTok was evil and controlled by China, so we banned it. Oh look, here's a totally new website called TokTik owned by a US Citizen named Mr. ILoveChina who built a TikTok replacement in 15 minutes by hiring foreign consultants for 2 cents an hour."