You may have heard that the massive copyright infringer TikTok is going to be sold. I seriously doubt that’s what’s going on at all. It’s not a “sale” in any normal sense. It’s a fire sale at best. You’ve heard the (sexist) expression in mergers and acquisitions circles, put some lipstick and stockings on that […]
TikTok seems more likely to be shut down in the US with every passing day. How could this actually happen and what would “shut down” actually look like?
There’s an easy answer to why TikTok has been banned in so many places and may well yet get banned in the US: China’s “National Intelligence Law.” China’s National Intelligence Law was enacted on June 27, 2017 and came into effect in July 2017. The National Intelligence Law is part of a portfolio of statutes […]
The nauseating Daniel Ek made something like a billion dollars in the last week on Spotify stock appreciation, while at the same time crying poor and fighting songwriter royalties every step of the way. If you think this example of income inequality is revolting, brace yourself for the China Evasion. But the U.S. Senate just […]
MTP readers may recall that in between getting banned by the Department of Defense, the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security and the TSA as well as being investigated by CFIUS, TikTok got caught and fined by the FTCfor exploiting children in violation of U.S. law: The operators of the video social networking app […]
