Subj : TikTok threatens shutdown ", FCC passes net neutrality ", the robotics
To   : TLDR
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Fri Apr 26 2024 06:47 am

Subject: TikTok threatens shutdown ", FCC passes net neutrality ", the robotics
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 TL>  BYTEDANCE 'WOULD RATHER' TORPEDO TIKTOK THAN SELL IT OFF (2 MINUTE
 TL> READ) [5]

 TL>  ByteDance would rather shut down TikTok than sell the company. The US
 TL> only provides a quarter of TikTok's global revenue and only represents
 TL> 5% of ByteDance's daily active users across all of its media
 TL> platforms.

 Didn't Trump try to sell it to Larry Ellison?

 So, why not just geolock the US from the app and let the US government
 look foolish and piss off their constituents?

 People will feel like they're all hax0rish by sideloading TikTok and
 using VPN to access it.

 What's really going on here is that we want the algorithms. It's not
 about personal data safety.



.... SURELY NOT EVERYONE WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING
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