Most Americans don't appreciate how big Bytedance's business really is: Lead Edge Capital's Green

[@emmeadowmitbbs3537]

China restricted platforms such as Facebook and KZbin because they do not want to agree to the censorship regulations of the Chinese government. For platforms that do agree to the regulation, such as LinkedIn, they can indeed operate in China. The problem with the Tiktok case is that, it is banned because of its perceived association with China. There is no particular regulation Tiktok can follow to avoid the ban. This is a discrimination issue, not a regulation issue, under the disguise of national security.

[@ainz1325]

Same issue facebook and youtube tried to comply with china laws but they want to control what facebook and youtube contents are which are against the company values imagine US control what only tiktok can show to americans the US gov dont want to ban it they want to sell is US part to a US company because of data security

[@Garth-l5s]

Well said , when the Hong Kong thing happened Facebook was their the government ask for something from Facebook they said no because of the American government

[@eliso5973]

They don't want to follow the law in China, that includes having a server in China, allowing China to collect evidence if someone use the platform to commit crimes, etc. Google wanted to follow the law in China until US government forced Google to reject it.

[@byteHopper]

FB and KZbin are actually not banned by China. They have chosen to not follow the local laws to pretend operating with fake high morals to please US government.

[@HugM-0813]

Exactly! It's ashamed that the anchor is saying that FB was banned in China.

[@unreliablenarrator6649]

Facebook is not banned in China. Any time it wants, it can establish a Chinese entity, follow Chinese law and compete in the market. It has chosen not to participate.

[@stom8360]

Isn’t it ironic that Tik Tok 🇺🇸 complied with all laws and regulations and yet was banned. Can’t say the same for Facebook and KZbin in 🇨🇳 who refused to do the same!

[@stvdmc2011]

Don't want to comply to local law to operate in china is not the same thing as not allowed to operate period.

[@glumour3081]

😂😂😂 WA, FB, IG, Google, were once used in China... Uncle Sam's various actions ultimately culminated in China banning all Western social media...

[@NorCalMoDo]

Never banned. They chose not to comply with the local regulations, and quit the market.

[@NorCalMoDo]

Plus, they were total BS as if they were upholding the freedom of speech.

[@KayyHong]

Tik Tok complies with American laws and is banned under a false pretext. Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet and others refused to comply with Chinese laws and chose to leave the country. U.S. media and politicians choose to ignore this huge difference.

[@hyuxion]

As of today, TikTok is considered one of the largest social media platforms with over 1 billion monthly active users globally, and 170 million users are in USA. So yes, TikTok would rather shutdown its US operations since US is only a small part of its user base.

[@MrTom-kl7hy]

Tick talk is blocked in China itself. The idea that the Internet behind the great firewall is somehow the same as Western access is absurd

[@NorCalMoDo]

TikTok has a china version called Douyin. TikTok tried to serve the US market by being in compliance to the US regulations and political demands. Putting the server in the US, moved TikTok headquarters to Singapore, and bent backward just to please the US politicians. It is forced to separate the service between its china and the US operations just because of the US government BS.

[@qiaoerye]

Because Chinese people don’t have the freedom to enjoy fake news, but they have options, while all you have is fake new without any options.

[@willgates8383]

Don’t talk if you have no idea what you talking about😂😂😂 in China TikTok is called Douyin !!! Do t advertise your ignorance 😂😂😂

[@donga2000]

Of cause, because it is a Chinese company. Americans never complain how big apple, google and Tesla is. 😂

[@robertwang7825]

The 170M US users need TT more because of 7M businesses and 170M users which more than total of US citizens all age 15-60. So let the users pressure their govt. it has nothing to do with TT or its operations.

[@bertrandrussell3422]

of course, i guess that is why they are joining the red note.

[@Mia3HD]

TikTok revenue is counting in our GDP, & our government doesn’t care! 😂😂

[@fengzheng888-l6m]

I think our government is bluffing only. I bet they will give in next week. Trump will continue to let TT exist and operate one way or another.

[@posthocprior]

Mitchell Green gives the impression he talks to about 3 people a year.

[@629Justme]

...and somehow he went to retaliation. Its "supposed" to be a national issue concern. Lets go with that - so there is already an security issue. Since all countries spy on each other somewhat the retaliation is already in play. Its a social media site not a brick and mortar business what he thinks TikTok is about. Its going to be interesting how its done as the apps will still be on phones.

[@ashtondowling-iq2lo]

Okay, we’ll take your policy opinion on board, ByteDance investor. I’m sure there are no conflicts of interests whatsoever in your viewpoint and you’re thinking exclusively from the viewpoint of the average voter the societal good of this decision. Thank you.

[@billinsf88]

Isn’t this the same for every politician who accepts funds from corp., lobby groups and special interest? This is America as Apple pie.

[@MRCOOMIE]

Americans or just the gov?

[@solar6120]

My man said, "we dont need y'all"

[@prat-man]

Appreciate for what? For all the Brain rot?

[@dr_slim_shady]

For not having to see people like you there 😂

[@mwqjdpk]

I guess fb and instagram pumps out scientists and engineers.

[@NorCalMoDo]

Spin, spin, spin the heck out of the truth.

[@matthewmolina9485]

Tik-Tok 👍🏼 love it USA business jealous of competition.

[@lwmtx6156]

The male anchor is so rude

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[@cynthia587]

The host did a good job pointing out that Facebook etc are restricted 🚫 in China.

[@Khalistan_Zindabaddd]

Please point out that US banned all Chinese smartphones, Electric Vehicles etc but yet china allows US smartphone such as IPhone and US electric vehicles such as Tesla in China

[@tonglu3699]

Facebook etc. never actually registered to do business in China. For them to legally operate in China, they need to host their data in Chinese data centers (which is what TikTok is doing for the US market by the way, hosting their data in US data centers). As a result, Chinese ISPs block access to Facebook etc. for Chinese users.

[@eliso5973]

FB did operate in China until US government forced FB not to follow the law in China.

[@fufu9352]

When you compare China to Free Speech, you have already lost

[@alfreedng]

US social medias are not banned. They refused to be abided to China's data/information regulations, that's why they are not allowed to operate in China. TikTok tried every possible way to comply with the requirements and regulations but is still banned because of its Chinese ownership. Can't you see the difference?

[@hppavilionf50]

Facebook and Google are blocked in China. Visa and MasterCard have major restrictions placed on them. The Chinese Community Party wants it both ways.

[@Deep-thinking-NA]

actually, in the cases of google, facebook and ig are not allowed in China, b/c they don't want to share data with local gov't, here in the case of tiktok, it put everything in us gov't control, including data sharing.

[@Garth-l5s]

They are not ban as ticktock will be in America, they refuse follow the Chinese law ,that's why they are not their , so you are dishonest

[@solar6120]

Tiktok U.S. is also not available in China because they don't store their data in China. It's not rocket science

[@eliso5973]

FB and Google left China, because US government disallowed them to follow the law in China. Stop lying please.

[@NorCalMoDo]

Ignorant. Facebook and google quit China market because they pretended they were the guardian of freedom of speech. They didn’t want to comply to the chinese regulations. So quit. Never banned.

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