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baxtr 7 hours ago

> MGX, chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will take 15% stake, with social media firm valued at $14bn

So they value the most attention owing social media at a mere $14b? As reference: Meta has a total market cap of around $1.8 T.

xenobeb 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It is so outrageous to value Tiktok USA at $14 billion.

Forget Meta's market cap, does anyone think Zuckerberg wouldn't have paid 20 billion for Tiktok USA ?

Just so corrupt and to even call it a sweetheart deal is outrageous.

I thought it should just be banned in the US. The idea we are basically strong arming a whole nation and stealing a company at a bullshit valuation is completely insane.

paxys 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"Sell to our preferred investors for pennies on the dollar or lose access to the most lucrative market in the world". It's not like TikTok had a choice.

jasonlotito 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

For what it's worth, this is just TikTok US, not TikTok as a whole. Make of that what you will.

pzo 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

still looks small if simplifying and counting just by global population would be 340/8100*1800 = ~$75B. Besides US market is more profitable.

jasonlotito 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Meta is more than just Facebook though.

> still looks small if simplifying and counting just by global population

Yes, I agree, if you ignore everything except one single number, I can see how it can be confusing.

prmoustache 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Are the US Tiktok infra, network and user feeds separated from the rest of the world?

jasonlotito 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes. This is fairly common knowledge.