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      Trump says US should take share of proceeds from proposed TikTok sale – video

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      Donald Trump says the Treasury should receive a share of proceeds from the proposed sale of Chinese-owned video app TikTok. The president’s plans come after he reversed his call to ban the popular app in the US due to privacy concerns. Speaking from the White House, Trump said the US would make any sale of the app possible – and should be in line for a share of the proceeds. ‘It would come from the sale,’ he said. ‘Which no one else would be thinking about but me’
      TikTok sale: Trump approves Microsoft’s plan but says US should get a cut of any deal

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      TikTok: Trump reportedly to order parent company to sell Chinese-owned app

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      Microsoft is reported to be looking into buying the TikTok’s US operations as the app’s data privacy practices have come under fireDonald Trump will reportedly order the parent company of TikTok to sell the popular video sharing platform because of national-security concerns.Trump on Friday again suggested the US may take action against the Chinese-owned social media platform. Continue reading… More

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      Who will choose the next US president – the American people, or Facebook? | Jonathan Freedland

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      The social media titans are more powerful than politicians. But it doesn’t have to be this wayThis week, in a hearing on Capitol Hill, you could gaze upon the men with the power to determine November’s presidential election and the future of American democracy – but the men in question were not politicians. Rather they were the four tech titans who appeared by Zoom before a congressional committee. Even via video link, the power radiated from them: the heads of Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple loomed from the monitors as veritable masters of the universe, their elected questioners mere earthlings.That hardly exaggerates their might. Between them, and with their users numbered in the billions, Facebook and Google determine much of what the human race sees, reads and knows. Mark Zuckerberg’s writ runs across the planet, no single government is able to constrain him: he is an emperor of knowledge, a minister of information for the entire world. A mere tweak of an algorithm by Facebook can decide whether lies, hate and conspiracy theories spread or shrivel. Continue reading… More

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      Biden's path to the White House could hit a dead end on Facebook

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      Biden’s path to the White House could hit a dead end on Facebook

      Mark Zuckerberg’s autocratic nature and fear of anti-trust legislation might see him plump for Trump in the race for president
      Q&A with Facebook whistleblower Yaël Eisenstat
      Q&A with early Facebook investor Roger McNamee
      Carole Cadwalladr: If you’re not terrified about Facebook, you haven’t been paying attention More

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      Yaël Eisenstat: 'Facebook is ripe for manipulation and viral misinformation'

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      The Observer

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      The ex-CIA officer on why she lasted only six months at the tech giant and her fears about its role in the forthcoming US election
      John Naughton on how Facebook could stop Biden’s progress to the White House
      Q&A with early Facebook investor Roger McNamee
      Carole Cadwalladr: If you’re not terrified about Facebook, you haven’t been paying attention More