Re:Meta announces hiring freeze, warns employees of restruct...
by spaceman_2020 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @04:06PM
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They still dominate the Indian market simply because TikTok is banned here.
While I don’t undermine the spying potential of TikTok, the ban was strangely timed - soon after a huge investment from Facebook in India’s biggest company (and one with tremendous lobbying power). Only a handful of Chinese apps were banned, even though majority of devices running them were Chinese as well (and went unbanned).
Facebook very well would have lost the massive Indian market as well without the TikTok ban.
While I don’t undermine the spying potential of TikTok, the ban was strangely timed - soon after a huge investment from Facebook in India’s biggest company (and one with tremendous lobbying power). Only a handful of Chinese apps were banned, even though majority of devices running them were Chinese as well (and went unbanned).
Facebook very well would have lost the massive Indian market as well without the TikTok ban.