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Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

I wrote about the cronyistic TikTok deal, and how it once again shows the U.S. is too corrupt to function in the public interest, despite a whole lot of pretense to the contrary

techdirt.comTikTok Deal Done And It’s Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything WorseThere were rumblings about this for a while, but it looks like the Trump TikTok deal is done, and it’s somehow the worst of all possible outcomes, amazingly making all of the biggest criticis…
Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

I'm particularly amused by FCC boss Brendan Carr, who spent FOUR YEARS on cable news complaining endlessly about TikTok privacy and natsec issues now that they've made everything arguably worse by offloading it to Trump's buddies (but maintaining Chinese influence) he'll never talk about it again

Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

the TikTok outrage kayfabe was never actually about privacy, propaganda, or national security, it was about hijacking the profits and influence of a foreign short form social media company our clunky tech giants couldn't out innovate.

techdirt.comFacebook-Hired PR Firm Coordinated Anti-TikTok Campaign To Spread Bogus Moral PanicsLate last year, a coordinated messaging campaign emerged on the anniversary of the repeal of net neutrality. Numerous pundits and right-wing news outlets all simultaneously issued reports on the sa…
Joseph Jerome
@joejerome.com

I think there are legitimate issues, but Congress continues to have an incoherent approach to tech policy and well, the Biden administration just couldn’t see the forest for the trees.

Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

but you don't solve the issues by singling out ONE company in a seas of problems, you pass a real privacy law that applies to ALL companies and executives, and you regulate data brokers. fixating on just one company was performance

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