Bit Dance Bit Dance Is Not Like Signing Up to Be in the CCP

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TikTok is a platform so powerful that has linkages and algorithms developed inside of a country that is authoritarian in nature. It's not clear how much influence they have over the company is too much of a risk for it's very clear Yeah, that's the problem. I think more than almost any other chinese company Zhang yimi has been very apolitical and tried to stay away from that.

Ben and James discuss the antitrust subcommittee hearing, the problems of mixing antitrust and Aggregators, and how to think about regulation and democracy.

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