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[Draugoth]

A TikTok deal between the U.S. and China will give Americans six of the seven board seats and control over the popular social media app's algorithm, the White House said on Saturday.

"This deal means that TikTok will be majority-owned by Americans in the United States,"

press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Fox News Saturday morning.

"There will be seven seats on the board that controls the app in the United States, and six of those seats will be Americans."

Leavitt also said in the interview that the "algorithm will also be controlled by America as well," but did not provide any further details.

An agreement between America and China over the Chinese-owned app's content algorithm has been a key element of negotiations, as lawmakers increasingly grew concerned in the past several years that China could push anti-American propaganda through the app.

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[Cyberpunkd]

Well Dems...

 

[Ememee]

Will it be controlled by Americans tho?

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Will it be controlled by Americans tho?

Blackrock, we're all fucking pawns.

 

[Trilobit]

Aggro-rhythm?

 

[Three]

So now they're going to push propaganda they control? Who would have thought!

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

So COVID leaked from a Canadian lab after Biden's visit?

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Top 10 Trending Videos.....

1. Trump is the best president ever
2. Trump is a gentle swell guy
3. MAGA hats on sale 20% off
4. Tariffs are the best business tactics
5. Record high stock market = everything is going great
6. All democrats are losers and should be fired
7. All media companies are liars except Fox News
8. How to convince the masses by publicly signing everything with a big black Sharpie
9. All you need is one dark navy suit for all meetings
10. US presidents shouldnt be limited to 8 years

 

[nush]

TicTok is turbo brainrot.

 

[mitch1971]

Top 10 Trending Videos.....

1. Trump is the best president ever
2. Trump is a gentle swell guy
3. MAGA hats on sale 20% off
4. Tariffs are the best business tactics
5. Record high stock market = everything is going great
6. All democrats are losers and should be fired
7. All media companies are liars except Fox News
8. How to convince the masses by publicly signing everything with a big black Sharpie
9. All you need is one dark navy suit for all meetings
10. US presidents shouldnt be limited to 8 years

Finally, some truths!!

 

[ReasonBeing]

"America will control algorithm" = "one or a few of my really rich friends will control the algorithm"

 

[Ishma3L]

Yes, but not the algorithm's algorithm.

 

[adamsapple]

Top 10 Trending Videos.....

1. Trump is the best president ever
2. Trump is a gentle swell guy
3. MAGA hats on sale 20% off
4. Tariffs are the best business tactics
5. Record high stock market = everything is going great
6. All democrats are losers and should be fired
7. All media companies are liars except Fox News
8. How to convince the masses by publicly signing everything with a big black Sharpie
9. All you need is one dark navy suit for all meetings
10. US presidents shouldnt be limited to 8 years

 

[rm082e]

 

[ZehDon]

Top 10 Trending Videos.....

1. Trump is the best president ever
2. Trump is a gentle swell guy
3. MAGA hats on sale 20% off
4. Tariffs are the best business tactics
5. Record high stock market = everything is going great
6. All democrats are losers and should be fired
7. All media companies are liars except Fox News
8. How to convince the masses by publicly signing everything with a big black Sharpie
9. All you need is one dark navy suit for all meetings
10. US presidents shouldnt be limited to 8 years

Nailed it.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

From a technological perspective, America (right now) is in 1984 and China is in 2025.

 

[Baemono]

Reminds me a good Community joke, where Britta talks about the book and says "they should make it mandatory to read in high school"

 

[Scrawnton]

I mean, I'd rather have American propaganda as opposed to Chinese propaganda...I still remember when tik tok was trying to convince kids it was cool to vandalize and dismantle public schools via the "devious lick" trend. Definitely nothing weird and shadow-governmenty went on there.

 

[nush]

America TickTock will be the mirror image of China TickTock? Differing political bents. China still gets paid.

 

[jason10mm]

Reminds me a good Community joke, where Britta talks about the book and says "they should make it mandatory to read in high school"

My 7th grader is reading "Animal Farm" in class this year. I hope 1984 is in a year or two, as well as Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, and I guess maybe The Giver as that seems to be a new one in this "Genre". Funny though, in my state the parents had to give permission for the student to discuss Animal Farm. Not sure if that's to 'protect' the communist parents or the vegetarian ones

 

[MayauMiao]

America TickTock will be the mirror image of China TickTock? Differing political bents. China still gets paid.

Could be better in terms of moral. Push down videos with stupid "challenge" for doing stupid stunts. Current Tiktok is just pro stupid.