Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoUS adds web and gaming giant Tencent to list of Chinese military companieswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down11
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minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoGosh I feel like I’ve heard Tencent has a stake in some other company that isn’t mentioned here yet. what was it . . . hmmmmm
minus-squareOCATMBBL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoI’m really not sure which one you mean, because they own interest in a ton of companies.
minus-squareWhoLooksHere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·6 months agoTik Tok is what they’re referring to
minus-squareWhoLooksHere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·6 months agoTik Tok is the only tencent company I know if that’s been labeled a national security risk.
minus-squareJoeffect@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-26 months agoThey also have a stake in all these companies… Legaue of legends Epic games Ubisoft From soft Activision blizzard WeChat
minus-squaresquid_slime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI believe discord is also owned by tencent
minus-squarehamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoTencent likely has a sizeable stake, but is unlikely to hold a majority stake of Discord.
minus-squaresquid_slime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoMy mistake the own a large share, enough to have sway
minus-squarehamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoFuncom (Conan games and an upcoming Dune game) and Grinding Gear Games (Path of Exile) as well.
minus-square0^2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoWtf they own 100% shares of GGG? https://app.companiesoffice.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/1887410/shareholdings Well idk about supporting POE2 now. Or should I not care?
minus-squaretheonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down7·edit-26 months agoRemoved by mod
minus-squareBearGun@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoLoL is not a company, the creator and owner of it is Riot Games.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoAnd the owner of Riot Games is Tencent, that and WeChat stick out from the rest of the list because they are owned and developed by Tencent instead of just Tencent owning stock
Gosh I feel like I’ve heard Tencent has a stake in some other company that isn’t mentioned here yet.
what was it . . . hmmmmm
I’m really not sure which one you mean, because they own interest in a ton of companies.
Tik Tok is what they’re referring to
I was thinking of reddit
Tik Tok is the only tencent company I know if that’s been labeled a national security risk.
They also have a stake in all these companies…
Legaue of legends
Epic games
Ubisoft
From soft
Activision blizzard
WeChat
I believe discord is also owned by tencent
Tencent likely has a sizeable stake, but is unlikely to hold a majority stake of Discord.
My mistake the own a large share, enough to have sway
Funcom (Conan games and an upcoming Dune game) and Grinding Gear Games (Path of Exile) as well.
Wtf they own 100% shares of GGG? https://app.companiesoffice.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/1887410/shareholdings
Well idk about supporting POE2 now. Or should I not care?
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LoL is not a company, the creator and owner of it is Riot Games.
And the owner of Riot Games is Tencent, that and WeChat stick out from the rest of the list because they are owned and developed by Tencent instead of just Tencent owning stock