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Re:TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U... by javagram on Saturday August 01, 2020 @05:58PM (#24024236)
“A few years ago” was 17 years ago, for reference, when he was a 19 year old college student.

Facebook is working on Reels to compete with TikTok, but I’m sure Zuck would be happy if Trump takes out the competition for him.

There may not be an explicit quid-pro-quo but he’s obviously trying to navigate the political situation to avoid either Democrats or Republicans taking real steps to harm his company, since both are demanding Facebook start altering what users see to promote their political causes.

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Re:TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U... by phatfish on Saturday August 01, 2020 @08:33PM (#24025239)
Facebook already alters what people see, mainly to make sure people spend as much time on Facebook as possible. Or if you pay them to put "Ad" next to an item in a timeline somewhere.
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