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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok by Aperocky on Sunday August 23, 2020 @10:09PM (#24256983)
> Ofc, this is China so nobody knows the reason why.

I'd assume facebook know? Also your link does not seem related quote(Facebook opens a subsidiary in China, a breakthrough for the banned social media platform)

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok by tanilama on Sunday August 23, 2020 @10:16PM (#24257020)
There is the follow-up you requested:

https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/25/17612162/facebook-technol...

> The sudden rejection stems from a disagreement between Chinese authorities, the source told the Times. Local officials in Zhejiang, an eastern province that houses Alibaba’s headquarters, gave Facebook the initial permission, but the Cyberspace Administration of China, Beijing’s internet regulator, had not.

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