Bytedance said to be valued at over $75B in new round

Re:Bytedance said to be valued at over $75B in new round by plink on Friday September 28, 2018 @11:20AM (#18094090)

Thanks to this article I'm now aware that Musically is Chinese. That's all the info I need to explain to my kid why it needs to be deleted from her phone. Thank you, Bloomberg!

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Re:Bytedance said to be valued at over $75B in new round by decimalplace on Friday September 28, 2018 @11:44AM (#18094307)

Are you ethnically Chinese yourself (but identify with HongKongers / Taiwanese)? Cos its a typical response from people from hk or tw

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Re:Bytedance said to be valued at over $75B in new round by plink on Friday September 28, 2018 @04:22PM (#18096723)

My objection is that Musically is a social network. Inherently, its Chinese ownership renders it government spyware, the only kind of chat app permitted under the regime.

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Re:Bytedance said to be valued at over $75B in new round by Gruklair on Friday September 28, 2018 @02:50PM (#18095986)

He is from Sweden. They don’t like Chinese people there.

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