[mandeepj]

> This is a straight up giveaway to friends.

None of Tiktok's executives were present, and China has not confirmed the sale. So, I don't think clown's EO means anything. He's living in his own la la land :-)

[throwawaymaths]

wait why does china have to confirm the sale? i thought tiktok was singaporean!

[mandeepj]

> i thought tiktok was singaporean!

Tiktok's CEO is a singaporean! Maybe you are mixing it with that.

Tiktoks' parent company ByteDance is headquartered in China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance

[c0balt]

Shou Zi Chew, the CEO of TikTok since 2021, is Singaporean. TikTok, the company, is owned by ByteDance.

[sjsdaiuasgdia]

The CEO of TikTok is from Singapore. Bytedance is a Chinese company.