The video app, owned by a Chinese company, said it would let federal officials pick its U.S. operation’s board of directors, would give the government veto power over each new hire and would pay an American company that contracts with the Defense Department to monitor its source code, according to a copy of the company’s proposal. It even offered to give federal officials a kill switch that would shut the app down in the United States if they felt it remained a threat.

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[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Holy shit, that is a sweet deal. What I think is more interesting however, is that it's also kinda revealing that they think law works like this in the West - and also what level of control they think is acceptable for a state to have.

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What I like is that the west is the one failing to stick to its own stated principles of capitalism and private property.

[–] Weslee@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tbh I'd say it's more about the fact china doesn't allow western companies in china to do what tiktok was doing in the us.

[–] nekandro@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

I mean... These terms exceed what Douyin does in China. It's actually an insane level of concessions.

[–] nekandro@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

This is even more extreme than Douyin's arrangement with the Chinese government lmao

It's so funny