“I understand the technology,” Mnuchin said during an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “It’s a great business, and I’m going to put together a great group to buy TikTok.”

While he declined to provide specific names, Mnuchin said that his group would be organized in a way “so that no one investor controls this.”

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    8 months ago

    That dude is as creepy as he looks. What’s worse, China or the R’s owning tiktok?

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      8 months ago

      Dude is a real life Bond villain… Take a look at his wife sometime if you haven’t already. They’re cartoonishly evil.

      Also, nothing worse than sitting down to watch a TV show or movie and seeing this slimeball’s name in the opening credits. Ew.

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      8 months ago

      Republicans will run it into the ground same as Twitter and Facebook. I almost cheer then on in making social media unappealing to people.

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        8 months ago

        They will suck up all of the data first and sell it to Russia, it’s dangerous in the short run.

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          8 months ago

          Nah, they would just leave it as is. Hire a consultant to reprogram the algorithm to slip in more conservative stuff into your feed. Tiktok is relatively unique in that you have to put all your faith into an algorithm and let it guide you.