• FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
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      6 months ago

      ByteDance saying they might rather shut it down than sell it shows that operating a silly dance app for profit was never their motive. The fact that at the mere notion of a forced sale our politicians were bombarded by death threats shows the platform was already weaponized.

      The USA has less to benefit from the destruction of the USA compared to China. I wouldn’t be surprised if people’s personal data was given directly to the gangs running “Pig Butchering” scams, too.