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Kill TY and instagram short form, too. That crack is bad.
Comment by fnarrly at 15/01/2025 at 19:12 UTC
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That won't happen, though. Meta spent[1] record-breaking amounts lobbying[2] for TT to go away. This was not about spying or foreign influence or anything other than crushing their competition to benefit their own shareholders.[3].
1: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/facebook-tiktok-targeted-victory/
2: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/29/24144333/meta-record-lobbying-q1-2024-us-government-big-tech
3: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/how-meta-platforms-could-benefit-controversial-tiktok-ban