Perplexity AI has presented a new proposal to TikTok’s parent company that would allow the U.S. government to own up to 50% of a new entity that merges Perplexity with TikTok’s U.S. business, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Perplexity AI has presented a new proposal to TikTok’s parent company that would allow the U.S. government to own up to 50% of a new entity that merges Perplexity with TikTok’s U.S. business, according to a person familiar with the matter.

  • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    4 days ago

    We can’t have nationalized healthcare, but we can have nationalized TikTok if it works in the favor of nazis and fascists?

    Yeah, that jives.

  • BrikoXOPMEnglish
    24·
    4 days ago

    This is basically authoritarian takeover of the last for-profit social media platform that was out of their direct control.

    • lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      1·
      4 days ago

      Pentagon defines current warfare into 5 zones, land, sea, air, space and cyberspace. The information war is massive and TikTok threatens message control. So obviously they will try to take it down or co-opt the algorithm. But the TikTok bill doesn’t end with TikTok. ANY website or media deemend a threat by the president can be forced to shut down. Including federated media like Lemmy. TikTok is the canary in the mine.