TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U.S. deal

Re:TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U... by zmmmmm on Saturday August 01, 2020 @05:44PM (#24024148)

I guess I'm even more cynical. I don't think it's an accident that Zuck is playing much more friendly to Trump than people may have expected. This would be the perfect quid pro quo. I hate to think it could be happening like that, and it sits purely in conspiracy theory land. However it is completely consistent with the level of corruption from the administration in other areas and amoral approach by Facebook to its business.

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Re:TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U... by osrec on Saturday August 01, 2020 @05:49PM (#24024182)

Well, Tiktok has taken all the younger crowd away from Facebook and Instagram. Your suggestion is not beyond the realms of possibility for a guy like Zuck (I always think back to the dumb f comment he made a few years ago to remind myself of how he views his users).

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Re:TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U... by javagram on Saturday August 01, 2020 @05:58PM (#24024236)

“A few years ago” was 17 years ago, for reference, when he was a 19 year old college student.

Facebook is working on Reels to compete with TikTok, but I’m sure Zuck would be happy if Trump takes out the competition for him.

There may not be an explicit quid-pro-quo but he’s obviously trying to navigate the political situation to avoid either Democrats or Republicans taking real steps to harm his company, since both are demanding Facebook start altering what users see to promote their political causes.

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Re:TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U... by phatfish on Saturday August 01, 2020 @08:33PM (#24025239)

Facebook already alters what people see, mainly to make sure people spend as much time on Facebook as possible. Or if you pay them to put "Ad" next to an item in a timeline somewhere.

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