Perplexity AI revises Tiktok merger proposal that could give the U.S. government a 50% stake

So we still have homelessness and child hunger issues in America but our government is going to spend $300billion to buy TikTok?…. Why aren’t we preparing the guillotines?

I was unironically fine with US businesses getting our data instead of ByteDance since wth are they going to do with individualized data anyway - what’s the profit motive?

I do NOT want the US government to have unfettered access to my data. Especially not Trump’s government

I really really really really don't want the US gov't to have unrestricted access to my data like this. Absolutely nothing good could ever come of it.. and seriously, $300bn of our tax dollars to fund this. BRUH
wtf.. China spyware bad, US spyware good somehow? HAYUL NAW

I'd rather Mr. Beast buy this shit. The worst he could do is market himself to absolute death.

I never used TikTok and only recently got this sub recommended to me when the ban heated up. I really think the only way forward is to abandon this app. Not only is it already basically becoming MAGA propaganda as-is, but the government wants to use our tax dollars to have some actual ownership over it?? Nah. No app is worth that.

Why does anyone think its a good idea to allow a government to have control over social media, whether through this or through Executive Orders? Why are nearly all of both mainstream media and social media in hands of right wing or greedy billionaires who are now side by side with Trumps' government. They all scream free speech while blocking opinions that don't favor Trump. Crazy that TT is just following suit.

So glad I deleted my account

Wait, so the taxpayers are buying 50% of something they won't have a say in by even an imaginary placating through congress? We just get to buy some shit that other people get to run into the ground for their own gain...

Translation: Congress won’t allow an app to do business unless they get a direct cut of the action. I hate this fucking timeline so much.

30 days?

if the deal is ready to be made, why not make it right now!

my patience is really being tested.

Well collective ownership was not what I had on my bingo card for this administration