Will TikTok Survive?
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@jon-nyc said in Will Tik-Tok Survive?:
YouTube shorts is the same thing minus CCP control. Inane video after inane video.
She's not inane, she's my future wife!
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@jon-nyc said in Will Tik-Tok Survive?:
YouTube shorts is the same thing minus CCP control. Inane video after inane video.
So to be clear, YouTube shorts will still entertain and make you stupid, but you’d still realize the TikTok issue is one of national security, not the people vs the JOOS.
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I spent the afternoon
Link to videonappinglistening to a couple of lawyers discuss, in real time, the arguments before SCOTUS. These lawyers' opinion is that TikTok is dead as of Jan 19.The TikTok discussion starts at 2:21
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Yeah the idea that this implicates the first amendment seems really really weak. Chinese psyops don’t really have free speech rights in the US.
@jon-nyc said in Will Tik-Tok Survive?:
Yeah the idea that this implicates the first amendment seems really really weak. Chinese psyops don’t really have free speech rights in the US.
They went round and round with hypotheticals, like "If Jeff Bezos were owned (or blackmailed) by the Chinese, it that an infringement of free speech?"
Bottom line - if you're not in the country, or a US citizen (the implication being that non-citizens have a right) the 1st Amendment is irrelevant.
The fact that TIkTok won't be divested from Bytedance tells you a lot.
They predict it'll go dark on the 19th.
ETA: There was some speculation since the law has already passed, that Trump could choose to not enforce the law.
POTUS not enforcing laws.
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I talked about that earlier. If you’re the general counsel of Apple or Google you’re not going to recommend that.
What if someday we get a president who is against CCP psyops targeting virtually every American under 30? Seems strange I know, but it could happen.
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The future is going to be different. Unless something changes, in the next couple of decades we are going to have a group of leaders who cut their teeth on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Tik-Tok. I think by that time, we'll be thoroughly immunized to potential blackmail arising from videos...Even most porn videos.
Can the CCP destabilize the country though algorithms? Maybe. It's a good point.
Can the CCP sweep in a lot of everyday intelligence on the average American? Sure. We're a very open society. So far, I'm more worried about them stealing top secret files, stealing government funded research and industrial espionage.
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Trump could still be a hero to the people addicted to TikTok. They don’t have to shut down on the 19th remember, their app just won’t be updatable or downloadable anymore.
That wouldn’t need to be noticeable at all to the current users. Trump would have months to negotiate a sale. And that’s where tariffs can help.
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China Discusses Sale of TikTok US to Musk
Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on the short-video app, according to people familiar with the matter.
Beijing officials strongly prefer that TikTok remains under the ownership of parent ByteDance Ltd., the people say, and the company is contesting the impending ban with an appeal to the US Supreme Court. But the justices signaled during arguments on Jan. 10 that they are likely to uphold the law. Senior Chinese officials had already begun to debate contingency plans for TikTok as part of an expansive discussion on how to work with Donald Trump’s administration, one of which involves Musk, said the people, asking not to be identified revealing confidential discussions.
A potential high-profile deal with one of Trump’s closest allies holds some appeal for the Chinese government, which is expected to have some say over whether TikTok is ultimately sold, said the people. Musk spent more than $250 million supporting Trump’s re-election, and has been tapped for a prominent role in improving government efficiency after the Republican takes office.
Under one scenario that’s been discussed by the Chinese government, Musk’s X — the former Twitter — would take control of TikTok US and run the businesses together, the people said. With more than 170 million users in the US, TikTok could bolster X’s efforts to attract advertisers. Musk also founded a separate artificial intelligence company, xAI, that could benefit from the huge amounts of data generated from TikTok.
Chinese officials have yet to reach any firm consensus about how to proceed and their deliberations are still preliminary, the people said. It’s not clear how much ByteDance knows about the Chinese government discussions or whether TikTok and Musk have been involved. It’s also unclear whether Musk, TikTok and ByteDance have held any talks about the terms of any possible deal.
Musk and his representatives did not respond to a request for comment. Musk posted in April that he thinks TikTok should remain available in the US. “In my opinion, TikTok should not be banned in the USA, even though such a ban may benefit the X platform,” he wrote on X. “Doing so would be contrary to freedom of speech and expression. It is not what America stands for.”
ByteDance and TikTok representatives didn’t respond to messages seeking comment. The Cyberspace Administration of China and China’s Ministry of Commerce, government agencies that could be involved in decisions about TikTok’s future, also didn’t respond to requests for comment.
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China Discusses Sale of TikTok US to Musk
Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on the short-video app, according to people familiar with the matter.
Beijing officials strongly prefer that TikTok remains under the ownership of parent ByteDance Ltd., the people say, and the company is contesting the impending ban with an appeal to the US Supreme Court. But the justices signaled during arguments on Jan. 10 that they are likely to uphold the law. Senior Chinese officials had already begun to debate contingency plans for TikTok as part of an expansive discussion on how to work with Donald Trump’s administration, one of which involves Musk, said the people, asking not to be identified revealing confidential discussions.
A potential high-profile deal with one of Trump’s closest allies holds some appeal for the Chinese government, which is expected to have some say over whether TikTok is ultimately sold, said the people. Musk spent more than $250 million supporting Trump’s re-election, and has been tapped for a prominent role in improving government efficiency after the Republican takes office.
Under one scenario that’s been discussed by the Chinese government, Musk’s X — the former Twitter — would take control of TikTok US and run the businesses together, the people said. With more than 170 million users in the US, TikTok could bolster X’s efforts to attract advertisers. Musk also founded a separate artificial intelligence company, xAI, that could benefit from the huge amounts of data generated from TikTok.
Chinese officials have yet to reach any firm consensus about how to proceed and their deliberations are still preliminary, the people said. It’s not clear how much ByteDance knows about the Chinese government discussions or whether TikTok and Musk have been involved. It’s also unclear whether Musk, TikTok and ByteDance have held any talks about the terms of any possible deal.
Musk and his representatives did not respond to a request for comment. Musk posted in April that he thinks TikTok should remain available in the US. “In my opinion, TikTok should not be banned in the USA, even though such a ban may benefit the X platform,” he wrote on X. “Doing so would be contrary to freedom of speech and expression. It is not what America stands for.”
ByteDance and TikTok representatives didn’t respond to messages seeking comment. The Cyberspace Administration of China and China’s Ministry of Commerce, government agencies that could be involved in decisions about TikTok’s future, also didn’t respond to requests for comment.
@George-K I dont see that happening. To me, the whole heart of Tik Tok is the algorigthm, and the mainland chinese have indicated that they will never sell that or give up control of that
