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		cyanydeez 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Drilling down on Uncle Sam's proposed TP-Link ban He's referring to whoever paid in America to be gifted the largest propaganda platform. I'm sure money also went to Chinese owners.

hollerith 3 months ago [–]

"Gifted" would be misleading if (as I suspect) the entity that ended up with American Tiktok is the entity that won a bidding war to make the most attractive offer to the Chinese owner.

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