2025-09-25
“Users of US TikTok won't enjoy any more privacy than with Chinese TikTok, due to lack of meaningful regulation of social media companies. They'll still be pervasively surveilled as they use the Net, both to advertise at them & for intelligence services to profile them” — (Paraphrased to shorten)
NBC News
Trump plans to sign a TikTok deal on Thursday; source: TikTok US would be run by a new joint venture company, with ByteDance holding less than 20% of its stock
This structure will comply with a bipartisan law passed in 2024 that sought to ban TikTok if the platform were not sold to U.S.-based owners this year.
And the US TikTok precedent has been locked-in & now being raised elsewhere: — “Dr Dana McKay, associate dean in interaction, technology and information at RMIT University, said the best move from a data and security perspective would be for Australia to have its own local version of TikTok.”
NBC News
Trump plans to sign a TikTok deal on Thursday; source: TikTok US would be run by a new joint venture company, with ByteDance holding less than 20% of its stock
This structure will comply with a bipartisan law passed in 2024 that sought to ban TikTok if the platform were not sold to U.S.-based owners this year.
“Users of US TikTok won't enjoy any more privacy than with Chinese TikTok, due to lack of meaningful regulation of social media companies. They'll still be pervasively surveilled as they use the Net, both to advertise at them & for intelligence services to profile them” — (Paraphrased to shorten)
The Guardian
Some Australian leaders and experts debate whether the country should use a Chinese-owned version of TikTok or one run by Trump allies
Australia may have to choose between a Chinese TikTok and one owned by Trump's billionaire backers — www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2... Melinda Clem / @melindaclem : Wow, being...
And the US TikTok precedent has been locked-in & now being raised elsewhere: — “Dr Dana McKay, associate dean in interaction, technology and information at RMIT University, said the best move from a data and security perspective would be for Australia to have its own local version of TikTok.”
The Guardian
Some Australian leaders and experts debate whether the country should use a Chinese-owned version of TikTok or one run by Trump allies
Australia may have to choose between a Chinese TikTok and one owned by Trump's billionaire backers — www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2... Melinda Clem / @melindaclem : Wow, being...