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Foxes & Henhouses

2025-12-19 18:22:56.518262+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Axios on MSN: Scoop: TikTok signs deal for sale of US unit after years-long saga:

The White House and the Chinese government hammered out a deal in principle in September to sell TikTok's U.S. operations to a joint venture controlled by a U.S. investor group led by Andreessen Horowitz, Silver Lake, and Oracle.

(Emphasis mine.)

I don't have a non-paid link for this, but: 404 Media: Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers. So, yeah, Andreessen Horowitz has backed Doublespeed, a company that uses generative AI to create social media slop for advertisers.

This will not end well for society.

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