China considers selling TikTok to Elon Musk

15 January 2025
The decision appears to be out of the hands of ByteDance.

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  • Anonymous
  • YT8
  • 21 Jan 2025

RBX, 16 Jan 2025I agree with you, US consumers who wish they could have a v... morefirst you've to make your nation at least better for peoples' (who builds these tech) so they don't go outside for opportunities.

ps: people think it's one world (civilization) but its not. jus' look around you and you'll feel it.

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    • Anonymous
    • YT8
    • 21 Jan 2025

    I Am GoD 9, 17 Jan 2025I don't even have a Tik. Funny, China is notoriously... moreproblem with these "influencers" is somehow they influencing peoples' who are want to be successful in life without knowing what is the meaning of actual success means in one's life.

      I don't even have a Tik.
      Funny, China is notoriously sensored. So then having an app like this is peculiar. How about people idk get off the platform.
      I'll be glad when "content creators" idk get real jobs, education, and give something meaningful to society. Most of them are unintelligent and remedial. Everyone swears they are an "influencer" ....
      Social media was NOT supposed to turn into what it has become

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        • Anonymous
        • NgP
        • 17 Jan 2025

        Well in that case everybody loses

          That dude will bring his "pay for blue tick" shenanigans to Ticktock if it happens.

            An Oligarch in control of 2 Social Media sources of public conversations, opinions and new is NOT EVER going to be a good thing in ANY society.

            I've neve rused TikTok cause I've always disliked its random unfocused wasteful premise of existence ~ maybe I'm getting old but ... this is NOT a good idea.

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              • Anonymous
              • MqE
              • 16 Jan 2025

              Bval, 15 Jan 2025I prefers the app to be banned rather than sell to this bul... moreI think you are a bit optimistic. Users are lazy and a vpn is an additional cost and effort. It's easier to move to a different platform. I suspect that Rednote is just Tiktok under a different name. What a pain to have to do business like that. Look at Huawei, they swore that they weren't doing anything devious and then locked down their bootloader. An easier option, if the accusations were false, would be to make the software more open to for inspection, the fact that they locked the doors says enough for me.

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                • RBX
                • fsN
                • 16 Jan 2025

                Oblix, 15 Jan 2025Typical US bullying. Literally bullied the only social medi... moreI agree with you, US consumers who wish they could have a very wide choice of smartphones and tablets to choose from like European, Middle East, South East Asian, Latin American and African consumers must be frustrated by their government bullying dirty tactics ready to screw up any successful foreign company (not only Chinese but also European) regardless if it fully complies or not with the federal laws or not.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 0p}
                  • 16 Jan 2025

                  SigmaR, 16 Jan 2025best of what? It's a cesspool of stupidityI like TikTok, it is stupidly entertaining.

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                    • Brainrot
                    • MED
                    • 16 Jan 2025

                    Bval, 15 Jan 2025I prefers the app to be banned rather than sell to this bul... moreWell it would be good for humanity if this doom scrolling brain rot app would be deleted completly. You can already see how much more stupid kids are and getting bad influence from there. Nothing good on the app.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • vaS
                      • 16 Jan 2025

                      SigmaR, 16 Jan 2025best of what? It's a cesspool of stupidityThat depends. Lots of online sellers use Tiktok for their online business.

                        So it is really true that TikTok is being used to spy on people. The topic of the news said it all. China Officials considering selling it to Elon. So the CCP officials have access to our life.

                          Bval, 15 Jan 2025I prefers the app to be banned rather than sell to this bul... morebest of what? It's a cesspool of stupidity

                            If true, this would be quite a feat on ByteDance's part. However, the fact that a representative of the company says it's "pure fiction" does not give me confidence that this will happen.

                            Even so, anything is possible. We will certainly know after the 19th, so all we can do is wait.

                              Anything Elon instant Dump!

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                                • ben
                                • YUU
                                • 15 Jan 2025

                                it doesnt matter i guess, ppl already moving to rednote lol

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                                  • Bval
                                  • XA9
                                  • 15 Jan 2025

                                  I prefers the app to be banned rather than sell to this bullshit Elon musk. Tiktok must never be sell. Elon musk will destroy Tiktok like he destroyed Twitter. Never sell Tiktok is the best. USA people will just use VPN.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • CJX
                                    • 15 Jan 2025

                                    DoodleDan777, 15 Jan 2025What are you on about? He only cares about the letter X. So... moreBy that logic, if he buys a third app, will he rename it as xxx?

                                      maybe it'll get banned in most countries now.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • vaS
                                        • 15 Jan 2025

                                        If so, 15 Jan 2025If tiktok gets banned, i would like to see removal or optio... moreI don't see any shorts on yt revanced. Nor any reels on Facebook on a browser with FB purity. But that aside, your newsfeed is your responsibility, not the government.

                                        And Tiktok has better algo than YT and Meta. When you say you don't want to see something, it actually works. That's not the case with YT do not recommend or Meta's hide all lmao.