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Re:Is the US about to split the internet? by votepaunchy on Friday August 07, 2020 @07:42AM (#24080835)
The US had the opportunity to stop the purchase of Instagram, just as aching could have stopped any purchase of Tencent.
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Re:Is the US about to split the internet? by skinnymuch on Friday August 07, 2020 @03:48PM (#24085804)
Stop the purchase many if not most thought was an overpay by a company that was still possibly a fad? Facebook fully opened to the public in 2009. IG was bought in 2012 as an iPhone only app. No web app, no android app. iPhones were not a big market at the time.

Edit: I don’t recall now. The android app may have been in public beta or just released at the time.

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