I find it interesting that @nytimes reporters can get a 7-figure book deal for doing adversarial, investigative coverage of Facebook's governance. But when TikTok comes up, it's like -- isn't this Internet cultural phenomenon cute?
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Meanwhile, 10,000 of the 40,000 employees there are content moderators, with a preference for hiring Chinese Communist Party members. Choose your poison wisely. https://www.theinformation.com/articles/the-people-behind-bytedances-app-factory …
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Totally not raising $1.5B from Chinese government-led funds and state-owned banks over here....https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bytedance-fundraising-idUSKBN1O60T2 …
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Heard a rumour they were looking for a Silicon Valley office.
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Am visiting my wife’s family in Guilin (we live in SF) and was quite surprised to see that my father-in-law’s evening ritual is watching an hour or two TikTok!?!
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