The Chinese app collecting videos of millions of American teens doing dumb things.https://twitter.com/beijingscribe/status/1113814470025830400 …
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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?7 replies 43 retweets 263 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @kimmaicutler @nytimes
The attacks on Facebook have never seemed random. I find it helpful to remember that the nytimes is still heavily owned by Carlos Slim, but I don't know why everyone's going after Facebook except maybe political retribution. Most social media sites/apps are just as bad.
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And for all this talk about foreign influence over social media, there's damned little discussion about China investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Reddit.
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Replying to @jcrichman @nytimes
DST, which is well-connected in Russia, invested in Facebook, among many other social media giants 10 years ago.
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @nytimes
I didn't know that, but you're right. 27 million shares in Facebook and a ton of Twitter. Probably others.
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