Even a brief shutdown of TikTok would be cataclysmic to its value. There is strong loyalty toward TikTok from its user base, which runs to 170 million in the US alone. For years, China has blocked American tech companies from having access to its citizens. The US is under no obligation to allow China access to Americans, particularly amid heightened tensions and attendant fears of disinformation and manipulation
January 09, 2021 RICHARD Yap remains thankful to ABS-CBN after transferring to GMA-7: I came from there and I’m always grateful and thankful for all they have done for me. But he also made it clear that those offers excluded ABS-CBN.
He said, “Of course, hindi ko po talaga sasabihin iyon, hindi ko sila ipu-put down because I came from there. And I’m always grateful and thankful for all they have done for me. At saka, if you saw the interview, makikita mo naman talagang I never mentioned na ABS iyon.
Richard also recalled what he said during the presscon last December, “I said the networks who were blocktiming and starting up, iyon ang kumparison ko. I just said, iyong iba were doing blocktiming, iyong iba were just starting up. So it would be difficult for them to compete with GMA, which was more established.”