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Re:TikTok Agreed to Buy More Than $800M in Cloud Services fr... by rorykoehler on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @03:40AM (#23842355)
> large US corporations don't act as an extension of the government

Have you read this? https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/

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Re:TikTok Agreed to Buy More Than $800M in Cloud Services fr... by KorematsuFred on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:08AM (#23842522)
Yes, but we are discussing "compared to" scenario here.
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Re:TikTok Agreed to Buy More Than $800M in Cloud Services fr... by rorykoehler on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:23AM (#23842598)
I agree Chinese companies are basically branches of government if that's what you are saying however I also think the relationship between corporate USA and the federal government is a lot closer than most people realise.
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Re:TikTok Agreed to Buy More Than $800M in Cloud Services fr... by ethbro on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @01:41PM (#23848729)
"A lot closer than most people realise" != the same.
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