New bid for TikTok from Perplexity AI could give U.S. government 50% stake

However, to date, the U.S. hasn't provided public evidence of TikTok handing user data to Chinese authorities or allowing them to tinker with its algorithm.

They don’t need evidence. Just be an authoritarian state. There’s a red scare and we’re afraid of China would more than suffice.

The Biden administration argued in court for months that it was too much of a risk to allow a Chinese company to control the algorithm that fuels what people see on the app. Officials also raised concerns about user data collected on the platform.

It’s because Tik Tok does not censor your anti-Israel views and videos like the toe the line US apps. That’s the security issue.

If the plan is successful, the shares owned by the government would not have voting power, the person said. The government also would not get a seat on the new company’s board.

The CCP has cells within companies of any size, and ByteDance certainly takes orders from them, so why should the US government not get a vote?

quercetumToday 08:52 am JST

They don’t need evidence.

There is evidence, but you're right: they don't need it, as this is a matter of national security.

It's not a court of law for an individual, who is "innocent until proven guilty." In national security, you don't wait until China or anyone else wreaks havoc: you act to prevent that happening in the first place.

It's not going to happen.

No sale to any American company. China will not approve it.

It's not going to happen.

Give it time, they will

No sale to any American company. China will not approve it.

Well, then we go to tariffs, either way, it will be sold. China will get their cut in the end. They would never allow an American company or app to operate in China, so why should we allow it?

would allow the U.S. government to own up to 50% of a new entity that merges Perplexity with TikTok’s U.S.

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Maybe it will be renamed TTT

Tick Toc Truth

They would never allow an American company or app to operate in China

WRONG!

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Sounds like extortion and coercion to me.

what if China plays the same trick when it comes to renewing the Panda agreement? Like Tik for Tak.