ByteDance board member Bill Ford says ByteDance is exploring alternatives to selling TikTok US, including a change to local control to comply with the US law
- Firm's options with Trump team include change of control — Bill Ford runs General Atlantic, which owns stake in ByteDance
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Discussion
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@roxy33
Roxy
on bluesky
Seems to me that doesn't comply with the law.
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@leslieica
@leslieica
on bluesky
If you can't buy and use this algorithm that supposedly makes TikTok all that, who would want it? [embedded post]
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@tcnorthcoast
@tcnorthcoast
on bluesky
Translated - the tik tok people gave me a bunch of money so theyre ok now. The reality is, they will force the sale to a billionaire buddy so his peeps own all media channels
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r/technology
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Trump Downplays Threat of China Using TikTok to Spy on Americans