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The WSJ feebly points out this is curiously unprecedented, but they can't be bothered to inform readers out the TikTok deal didn't actually solve any of the problems the trump administration professed to address

in fact I think you could argue it's worse, because the previous Bytedance ownership was at least worried about being kicked out of the U.S. if they didn't behave semi-ethically Larry Ellison, who supports a complete demolition of U.S. corporate oversight, faces arguably less ethical constraints

techdirt.comTrump Gets $10 Billion Kickback To The Treasury For Offloading TikTok To His Billionaire BuddiesWe’ve discussed at length how Trump’s “fix” for TikTok’s problems basically involved forcing the sale of the platform to his greedy billionaire buddies (with the help …

anyway, wrote about it at Techdirt

16/3/26, 7:21 pm31 reposts108 likes

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