First. You can’t know if it will substantially change under new management. That’s speculation
you would fundamental shift the power structure of the company. in one instance, it’s a company that ultimately answers to Chinese investors and the CCP.
in the other, it would answer to American executives and the US government.
the incentive structures are wildly different between these two. for example, if it’s an American company and the NSA comes knocking asking for data… they are under much more pressure to quietly bend over.
i think it’s absurd to say the company wouldn’t change. if the company wouldn’t change, they wouldn’t be forcing ByteDance to sell in the first place. they are forcing the sell because they need TikTok to change
Third. They can and have already been shown to subtly manipulate the algorithm to artificially elivate China’s image
yeah, they want to be able to subtly manipulate the algorithm to show pro-US propaganda instead.
forget about free speech and rights to association and all that, i guess
Management changes don’t necessarily mean product changes. TikTok is killing it. No reason to risk screwing it up.
As much as people think the US social media companies manipulate their algorithms for political purposes, nobody has demonstrated it. They’re only geared to maximize engagement, and profit.
you would fundamental shift the power structure of the company. in one instance, it’s a company that ultimately answers to Chinese investors and the CCP.
in the other, it would answer to American executives and the US government.
the incentive structures are wildly different between these two. for example, if it’s an American company and the NSA comes knocking asking for data… they are under much more pressure to quietly bend over.
i think it’s absurd to say the company wouldn’t change. if the company wouldn’t change, they wouldn’t be forcing ByteDance to sell in the first place. they are forcing the sell because they need TikTok to change
yeah, they want to be able to subtly manipulate the algorithm to show pro-US propaganda instead.
forget about free speech and rights to association and all that, i guess
Management changes don’t necessarily mean product changes. TikTok is killing it. No reason to risk screwing it up.
As much as people think the US social media companies manipulate their algorithms for political purposes, nobody has demonstrated it. They’re only geared to maximize engagement, and profit.