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Re:America’s online privacy problems are much bigger than Ti... by data-abuse on Saturday March 25, 2023 @05:13AM (#35300891)
Big tech has ingratiated themselves with congress by hiring friends and family, donating liberally to political campaigns, and staying involved in Washington with think tanks.

In part, the campaign against Tiktok is a campaign for SF based big tech to hold the monopoly on people's attention. As a newer startup, Tiktok has not entrenched itself the way that other tech companies have in DC yet.

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Re:America’s online privacy problems are much bigger than Ti... by cscurmudgeon on Saturday March 25, 2023 @10:38AM (#35303056)
FFS, TikTok also have lobbied extensively.

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1165249928/tiktok-congress-he...

> Tiktok's lobbying tops $5.4M in 2022 as it brings its charm offensive to Congress

> As a newer startup, Tiktok has not entrenched itself the way that other tech companies have in DC yet.

Any measure quantifying that? TikTok is not a usual startup. It has the whole force of CCP behind it. So calling it a "young startup" is disingenuous.

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