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A comment on TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer to leave the company. Parent comment

Re:TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer to leave the company by shrimpx on Thursday August 27, 2020 @02:15AM (#24290616)
Yes Trump is probably using this as political leverage, but the US being concerned about Chinese govt possibly spying on Americans using Chinese companies dates back to the late 2000s. Cynically dismissing it as a Trumpian fluke masks the prior art/implies there’s no issue whatsoever.

Edit: clarification.

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Re:TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer to leave the company by pm90 on Thursday August 27, 2020 @02:23AM (#24290654)
That by itself doesn't mean that decision making in this case is not being influenced by political concerns of the current POTUS (rather than being driven by long term geopolitical interests of the nation).
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Re:TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer to leave the company by ponker on Thursday August 27, 2020 @02:24AM (#24290658)
Yes, China vs. the US is 50 years in the making, but Trump’s interest in the issue is 0% policy, 100% politics.
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