> isn’t there a political problem with a foreign entity controlling the content of another
We restrict foreign ownership of media properties to 25 percent (without review) [1]. Expanding that rule to social media would make sense.
Beijing requires TikTok run itself differently within China, after all [2]. That’s the difference in care that matters. (Facebook’s lack of care in Myanmar comes to mind as analogous [3].)
We restrict foreign ownership of media properties to 25 percent (without review) [1]. Expanding that rule to social media would make sense.
Beijing requires TikTok run itself differently within China, after all [2]. That’s the difference in care that matters. (Facebook’s lack of care in Myanmar comes to mind as analogous [3].)
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/11/14...
[2] https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/24/tech/tiktok-douyin-bytedance-...
[3] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebo...