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   • Karl Bode

   “You could ban #TikTok with a patriotic flourish from the heavens immediately, but if we fail to regulate #databrokers, pass a #privacy law, or combat #corruption, Chinese (or Russian, or Iranian) intelligence can simply turn around and buy that same #data (and detailed profiles of American consumers) from an unlimited parade of different #databrokers, #telecoms, #app makers, #marketing companies, or services” https://www.techdirt.com/2024/03/11/once-more-with-feeling-banning-tiktok-doesnt-do-much-if-we-dont-regulate-data-brokers-and-pass-a-privacy-law/ by @KarlBode

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     Oh 💰

     #TFG met with the donor, #hedgefund manager Jeff Yass, earlier this month at a #ClubforGrowth donor retreat
     The #ClubforGrowth, a #libertarian political organization to which Yass has donated millions of dollars, has opposed anti-#TikTok efforts”
     #TFG's former senior aide #KellyanneConway has also been hired by #ClubforGrowth in its defense of #TikTok”

     https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-tiktok-ban-reversal-after-meeting-megadonor-stake/story?id=108013785 #farright #grift #corruption #billionaires

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     It’s like they’re making up a #nationalsecurity threat from #China so they can gain control over #TikTok and your #data

     🧐 Former Treasury Secretary Steven #Mnuchin is assembling an investor group to buy TikTok https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-03-14/former-treasury-secretary-steven-mnuchin-buy-tiktok #LarryEllison #Oracle #rightwing #farright #billionaires #socialmedia

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