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I did some research and now I know why Trump wants to "save" TikTok.
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/how-tiktok-courted-conservatives-before-trumps-win
https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/tiktok-and-white-supremacist-content/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/on-tiktok-misogyny-and-white-supremacy-slip-through-enforcement-gap
https://www.counterextremism.com/press/extremist-content-online-tiktok-accounts-spreading-extreme-right-propaganda-and-glorifying
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/16/congress/tiktok-sponsor-trump-inauguration-party-00198825
This one is especially damning:
lol peanuts aren't that damning... Capital in USA is spending millions and millions on Trump's inauguration.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/13/nx-s1-5227874/trump-bezos-zuckerberg-amazon-facebook-open-ai-meta-inauguration-fund
50k gets you an "I'll see what I can do" .