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Frank McCourt, a real estate mogul with ambitions to improve the web, said he plans to build a consortium to bid for TikTok’s US business. McCourt says he wants to build a better TikTok where users have more control of their own data. He has not put in an official bid yet. He speaks on…

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Frank McCourt, a real estate mogul with ambitions to improve the web, said he plans to build a consortium to bid for TikTok’s US business. McCourt says he wants to build a better TikTok where users have more control of their own data. He has not put in an official bid yet. He speaks on “Bloomberg Technology.”
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  1. @TheRealBlueValhalla

    May 15, 2024 at 3:01 pm

    Of course he does. Ugh. Data hoarders and sellers. Information manipulators. Bad foreign actor cover.

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  2. @wm6746

    May 15, 2024 at 6:31 pm

    Ed has the most annoying voice in history of presenters. Im just being honest

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  3. @UNIONACY

    May 15, 2024 at 6:35 pm

    “People control their data”
    You mean, you prefer the US control the world’s data than the Chinese.
    I have a question for you Frank, Who has more wins in the data-broking auctions, the US or China?

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  4. @zadeep9184

    May 16, 2024 at 1:56 am

    cult leader vibe, check this guy basement

    Reply

  5. @surbhi273

    May 16, 2024 at 10:43 am

    How will you get revenue?

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  6. @godzillamothra5983

    May 16, 2024 at 1:39 pm

    a better tiktok, this is full of baloney, you don’t even know what tiktok is, how can you build a better one

    Reply

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