someguy3@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 22 days agoElon probably wants to buy (US) Tiktok and merge it with Xitter.message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up175arrow-down1message-squareElon probably wants to buy (US) Tiktok and merge it with Xitter.someguy3@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 22 days agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
Showerthought after reading about Trump and Tiktok. Bet you Elon advises Trump to force the spinoff so that he can buy it.
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down2·22 days agoThe question isn’t about affording it, the questions is why China would give up such a valuable Intel gathering and propaganda tool? They wouldn’t sell it for all the tea in China.
minus-squareKiwiFlavor@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·22 days agoThey’d give it up because the U.S. Government would force them to. That’s what OP is talking about
minus-squarebizarroland@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up15·22 days agoThey’ve already said they would shut down operations in America rather than sell.
minus-squareMoonrise2473@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 days agoAren’t they “silently” migrating to a different but identical app called lemonade or something like that?
The question isn’t about affording it, the questions is why China would give up such a valuable Intel gathering and propaganda tool? They wouldn’t sell it for all the tea in China.
They’d give it up because the U.S. Government would force them to. That’s what OP is talking about
They’ve already said they would shut down operations in America rather than sell.
Aren’t they “silently” migrating to a different but identical app called lemonade or something like that?