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TikTok vs the U.S.A. | Reeling | 2

2025/2/12
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Zhang Yiming: 我夹在中国和美国之间,两边都不信任我。在中国,我被指责为美国傀儡,而在美国,我被视为中国政府的代理人。这种双重压力让我感到非常无奈和疲惫。我必须找到一个平衡点,既要维护公司的利益,又要应对来自各方的政治压力,这真的非常困难。 Doug Leone: 特朗普政府希望完全出售TikTok,不希望字节跳动保留任何所有权。他们对TikTok的立场非常强硬,这使得我们很难找到一个双方都能接受的解决方案。目前,我们只能尝试达成最好的收购协议,找到一个合适的买家,并确保他们支付合理的价格。同时,我们也需要考虑到美国政府对大型科技公司的担忧,以及反垄断调查的影响。

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This chapter explores the initial reactions to President Trump's threat to ban TikTok in the US, focusing on ByteDance's scramble to find a buyer and the challenges of navigating US-China relations. It also touches upon the rivalry between TikTok and Facebook, highlighting the political ads run by the Trump campaign against TikTok.
  • Trump threatened to ban TikTok.
  • ByteDance sought a buyer for TikTok.
  • Facebook launched a competing short-form video feature.
  • TikTok didn't accept political ads.

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TikTok scrambles to respond to President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring ByteDance sell the app to keep TikTok operating in the U.S. But the election of Joe Biden in November 2020 offers the company a brief reprieve. TikTok works to make a deal with the new administration, but reports come out that TikTok may not have been completely honest about the privacy of American user data, jeopardizing their status in the country yet again.

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