Tik Tok

[George K]

@Loki said in Tik Tok:

I repeat Tim Tok is being sold to a US company. Trump’s comment is essentially meaningless.

Microsoft has, apparently, backed out.

And the fact that it's being pitched to a "US" company, does that put anyone's mind at ease?

[89th]

@Rich said in Tik Tok:

@89th Which ironically enough may have saved some of his supporters lives.

Interesting times.

Haha good point.

[jon-nyc]

@Rich said in Tik Tok:

@89th Which ironically enough may have saved some of his supporters lives.

Interesting times.

Pissing off Trump, getting his campaign manager demoted, and saving lives.

Oh the winning!

[Loki]

@Loki said in Tik Tok:

@Klaus said in Tik Tok:

It may be a good idea to ban TikTok since it is essentially Spyware, but I have the feeling that Trump has some other motive.

I repeat Tim Tok is being sold to a US company. Trump’s comment is essentially meaningless.

I repeat again...it’s in the sales process.

[Loki]

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/03/microsoft-confirms-talks-to-buy-tiktok-in-us.html

[Jolly]

Nice company you have there. Shame we have to ban it.

Now, that's the art of a deal you can't refuse!

[taiwan_girl]

Interesting to see if they can get it done in 45 days.

I am sure that Byte Dance has a higher expectation of what they think Tiki's Tok is worth.

[Catseye3]

https://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_ae0cf56403b2a18518874d5f971120ef

"After days of whiplash over the future of TikTok, President Donald Trump said he would allow an American company to acquire the short-form video app — with a catch.

"In an unusual declaration, Trump also said any deal would have to include a "substantial amount of money" coming to the US Treasury.

"The President's requirement that some of the money from the deal go to the US Treasury doesn't have a basis in antitrust law, according to Gene Kimmelman, a former chief counsel for the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division . . . 'This is quite unusual, this is out of the norm," Kimmelman said. "It's actually quite hard to understand what the president is actually talking about here.'"

Welcome to the world, Gene.

[Klaus]

@Catseye3 said in Tik Tok:

"In an unusual declaration, Trump also said any deal would have to include a "substantial amount of money" coming to the US Treasury

Lolwut?

[Doctor Phibes]

Conservative support for free enterprise at it's finest.

[jon-nyc]

@Klaus said in Tik Tok:

@Catseye3 said in Tik Tok:

"In an unusual declaration, Trump also said any deal would have to include a "substantial amount of money" coming to the US Treasury

Lolwut?

He went on to say 'because he made the deal possible'.

If Obama said that Sean Hannity would have set himself on fire.

[jon-nyc]

“I did say that if you buy it, whatever the price is that goes to whoever owns it, because I guess it’s China essentially … I said a very substantial portion of that price is going to have to come into the Treasury of the United States because we’re making it possible for this deal to happen,” Trump said.

Trump later defended his push for a cut, adding “nobody else would be thinking about but me, but that’s the way I think.”

[Doctor Phibes]

We should be thankful he isn't expecting the money to go to him personally.

[Mik]

Sounds like after the fact bribery. Which the Chinese might actually respect.

[Axtremus]

@Mik said in Tik Tok:

Sounds like after the fact bribery. Which the Chinese might actually respect.

But Americans should not.