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		zxcvbn4038 on July 31, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's U... I always suspected that the US government had Microsoft buy Skype so they could centralize it under US authority and monitor the communications. I have a feeling that TikTok is the same scenario - instead of worrying about TikTok spying on Americans, the US will have Microsoft buy it and they it'll move the servers to the US and use it to spy on the Chinese. Google and Facebook will never get broken up as long as Uncle Sam gets access to everyone's communications.

chrisjc on July 31, 2020 [–]

> and use it to spy on the Chinese

How? Are you suggesting that Douyin will be included in the purchase?

gastlygem on Aug 2, 2020 | [–]

Yeah the international version of TikTok is already restricted here in China. Last time I tried to use it with VPN but it didn't work.

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