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Why China Is Dunking On The Trump Administration's New TikTok Account
In a scathing editorial, the CCP reiterated that it will not let TikTok’s parent company sell its signature algorithm. What would a TikTok without that algorithm be?
That’s because last time ByteDance tried to sell the algorithm — under threat of a TikTok ban during President Trump’s first term — the Chinese government changed its export rules at the last minute to prevent the company from making the sale. “That the White House launched its own account on the app less than one month before the third extended deadline expires only serves to expose the hypocrisy of the U.S. side’s alleged ‘security’ charges against TikTok.” But Trump’s own Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick, has been singing a different tune, saying that TikTok will go dark in September unless the Chinese government approves a sale.
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