• ssillyssadass@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Isn’t tiktok a chinese asset? And hasn’t china famously refused to dance to Trump’s discordant tune?

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      9 days ago

      Trump is forcing them to sell their American operations to American owners or be blocked from operating in the US.

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        9 days ago

        I can’t find it now, but I’m sure I saw a post earlier that said there was a bunch of Saudi money going into the sale.

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            9 days ago

            Thankyou. I’m right now watching Internet Today’s coverage of it, which also confirmed it. There’s also this interesting snippet from the CNBC article they quote from:

            “No representatives from ByteDance were present at the signing, and the company hasn’t acknowledged that a transaction is taking place. No purchase price was mentioned, and there’s no indication that the Chinese government has made changes to laws that would be necessary for a deal to take place.”