Would you rather a Chinese-owned TikTok or one run by a consortium of Trump-supporting billionaires?
That’s the choice Australia is being asked to consider.
The Trump administration has outlined that a proposed deal for TikTok to remain in operation in the United States would transfer the control of TikTok’s US operations to a US company that will have seven seats on the board, with six filled by Americans. Donald Trump has suggested a consortium of US businesses, including Larry Ellison’s Oracle and Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch’s Fox Corporation, are involved in the deal.
Neither! Kill social media!
That’s already in the works.
“May have to choose?” How about they get to choose? Us in America have no choice.
Have they tried no TikTok for a change?
They don’t have to think about it at all. The answer is don’t use fascist propaganda machine. So fucking simple.
The children yearn for the fascist propaganda machine!
Rupert and friends have done far more harm to Australia than China
I think it’s really interesting that TikTok is very different for Chinese people. It’s not the same app there as it is here.
Or just don’t use tiktok
If I liked short-form video, which I have not been very impressed with, I’d probably watch YouTube Shorts rather than either.
Dan Supernault has been hard at work making an open source, AGPLv3, soon to be ActivityPub Fediverse-linked shortform video service called Loops.
Youtube shorts are generally considered the worst of both worlds.
Most creators don’t actually understand the medium and Youtube screws up their own algorithm between forcing shorts on people but also basing them off of long form video watching.
¿Por qué no tampoco?
¿Por qué no ninguna de los dos?
My and google translate’s spanish sucks. Thank you.
Ha, no worries.
No elijas ninguno de los dos.
Noeh! Lijas ninguno de Los dos?
Si! Lijo ninguno!
Noeh…escojiendo lijas:
Noeh! Ya no the cojas las lijas! Que no te arde la verga?
Porque no menos que nada?
China! The GOP are the worst evil.
Give me China any day
The US government or the Chinese government… I’m actually not sure which I trust more at the moment.
I’d say China. Not because they’re inherently better, but because they at least seem to be relatively stable and run by people who appear to be sane.
But really I’d just rather not put myself in any situation where I’d have to trust either of them.
I wonder what Canada will do. join the US version or stay with the Chinese bytedance
“When Canada becomes the 51st state they they will see the light” 🫲🎃🫱
Fuck off with that. Not at all funny.
