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cyanydeez
8 months ago
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Drilling down on Uncle Sam's proposed TP-Link ban
He's referring to whoever paid in America to be gifted the largest propaganda platform.
I'm sure money also went to Chinese owners.
hollerith
8 months ago
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"Gifted" would be misleading if (as I suspect) the entity that ended up with American Tiktok is the entity that won a bidding war to make the most attractive offer to the Chinese owner.
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I'm sure money also went to Chinese owners.