ByteDance plans TikTok IPO to win U.S. deal as deadline looms

Re:ByteDance plans TikTok IPO to win U.S. deal as deadline l... by coliveira on Saturday September 19, 2020 @01:09PM (#24528886)

This is nonsense, the CCP has millions of members in China, the same way that Democrats and Republicans are infiltrated in every company in America. The American national security agencies (NSA, etc.) are infiltrated in every large American corporation, especially in the technology area. You're just creating an excuse (political affiliation) to demonize a country's entire industry.

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Re:ByteDance plans TikTok IPO to win U.S. deal as deadline l... by mpfundstein on Sunday September 20, 2020 @01:44PM (#24535668)

i really wonder in what world you are living. When was the last time the US government acticely censored FB or twitter or snapchat?

now try to find some ccp critical content on WeChat or TikTok (eg videos of Hong Kong protest). Especially while being on mainland China.

please let us know how it went

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Re:ByteDance plans TikTok IPO to win U.S. deal as deadline l... by jariel on Sunday September 20, 2020 @09:21PM (#24538877)

I you say something about Trump on Facebook, there is a 0% chance it will be censored by the CIA. There is a tiny chance it will be censored if you are calling for violence.

If you say something about Xi that is negative on WeChat there is almost a 100% chance it will be censored.

They have an Army of censors controlling all thoughts, making sure everyone is line with party ideals.

The comparison can't even be made materially - where do people get their information from? It's scary.

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Re:ByteDance plans TikTok IPO to win U.S. deal as deadline l... by dang on Monday September 21, 2020 @02:30AM (#24540452)

Would you please stop using HN primarily for political/ideological/national battle? I don't want to have to ban you again but you're clearly not using this site as intended.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules when posting here, we'd be grateful.

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Re:ByteDance plans TikTok IPO to win U.S. deal as deadline l... by dragonwriter on Sunday September 20, 2020 @09:24PM (#24538897)

> 0% chance it will be censored by the CIA.

Well, yeah, even when the US does violate the overt guarantees in its Constitution to suppress internal dissent, it's not the foreign intelligence service that is the direct vehicle. Mostly, it’s the FBI/Justice Department.

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