Trump Targets TikTok's Influence and Ownership in New Policies
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The article discusses the potential sale of TikTok to billionaire conservatives like Rupert Murdoch and Larry Ellison, who plan to turn it into a platform for right-wing propaganda, raising concerns about increased bias, reduced regulation, and the erosion of ethical content, with parallels drawn to other media consolidation efforts.
- Trump Makes It Very Clear They’re Going To Turn TikTok Into A Right Wing Propaganda Machine Techdirt.
- Trump signs order declaring TikTok sale ready and values it at $14 billion Reuters
- What are TikTok’s new owners buying? The Economist
- JD Vance ‘confident' the U.S. has 'successfully separated' TikTok from China parent company ByteDance CNBC
- Why TikTok is so influential — and why that’s particularly worrisome now vox.com
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