It might not be the most informative article but it does help remind us that elected officials often have incentives outside just "public good".
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Part of being an elected official should be divesting yourself of conflicts of interest, but that isn't US law.
These are blue chip stocks and a large part of the S&P 500. You could write this same article about virtually any business legislation.
> Part of being an elected official should be divesting yourself of conflicts of interest, but that isn't US law.
I completely agree.
> These are blue chip stocks and a large part of the S&P 500. You could write this same article about virtually any business legislation.
Yes, You could write this same article about smaller stocks or privately held endeavors. I thought this is the point of the story, just involving one example.
We are going to see lots of PR disguised as journalism from Byte Dance (Yass, Sequoia) and US Tech companies. Moreover, we will see lots US/China propaganda disguised as journalism. My cynical view is Gizmodo is taking this issue and framing it as TikTok specific, to carry someone else's water.