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Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

Brendan Carr is the guy who spent 5 years hyperventilating on cable news about the FAINTEST POSSIBILITY that China had undue influence over TikTok China, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar having a near 50% investment stake in a major U.S. media conglomerate: no problem

thewrap.comFCC Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Foreign InvestmentThe agency approved a request for foreign investors to indirectly hold a non-voting stake in excess of 25% in the aggregate

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Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

also recall that we "fixed" the TikTok thing by forcing a sale to Trump's anti-democratic billionaire friends, who are probably more keen on surveillance, propaganda, and privacy abuses than the previous TikTok leadership was Carr never spoke about TikTok again

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…
Tuomo T
@pocketnerd.bsky.social

Not defending this shit but I think the sticking point is that they’re investing in non-voting shares. Doesn’t stop them from influencing in other ways, though.

Big Dill
@b1gd1ll.bsky.social

My biggest issue with Brendar Carr is he pretends Starlink is a viable alternative to terrestrial fiber. Dude is totally in the tank for the right wing billionaires.