I agree get rid of it (along with all social media) but TikTok in Europe isn’t owned by the US. That’s still the version owned by China/Bytedance
The US owned version was spun off just for the US market.
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TikTok in the US was spun out into a separate company. The global version of TikTok hasn’t changed, so the issues that the EU has with tiktok are still with china/btyedance.
That being said, let’s get rid of social media everywhere!
anything to distract us from the Epstein files
Earlier today I was thinking about a conversation that I had a few weeks ago about Tesla. I mentioned that I would love to have one but I'd never consider buying one while Elon is still with the company. Their response was the normal "eh, I don't really think about that kind of stuff" and that was that. It was just a polite conversation so we didn't go into values or beliefs about it, but I'm certain that they were being truthful and didn't really have any deeper thoughts on it. Most people just simply don't care.
As for me, I believe voting with your wallet is the strongest thing that any one of us can do, at least while lobbying is still normalized within politics. The billionaires and mega-corps only care about money and they'll only change if something is affecting their bottom line.
Anything to distract us from the Epstein files
Damn this was NOT on my 2026 bingo card
Shame on tuta for the headline. Sure, they’re European companies, but according to the article everything except the Volla phone is made in China.
Per the article, the Volla phone starts manufacturing in Taiwan (which I 100% support) and then finishes in Germany so that’s the only one of these that I’d actually consider.
I agree but the version of TikTok in the us (with us ownership) is only for the us market. That was spun out to a different company. The global version is still owned by china/btyedance, so the EU has a problem with them.