Drew HarwellDec 20, 2022

New: TikTok has spent $1.5 billion on Project Texas, its plan for a major reorganization promising to block Chinese-government interference and open its algorithms to independent review. But the U.S. government, which needs to approve it, hasn't responded since August, and with every week new state bans are multiplying

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/20/tiktok-ban-spending-bill-china/

Sweeping spending bill would ban TikTok on government devices

The prohibition is the latest step by governments, mostly at the state level, to try to curb TikTok’s reach.

The Washington Post
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@drewharwell
The Tik Tok hatred by US govt is s short-sighted and counterproductive.
The real reason for it is that US tech industry had it's feefees hurt because China caught up.
Dec 20, 2022 at 10:00pmWeb