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Re:Facebook owner Meta to sell Giphy after UK watchdog confi... by coldpie on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @10:06AM (#33247330)
> Every big tech company would think twice before acquiring another company .

Great! As an American, I'm thrilled there are governments in the world that still place people & competition at a higher priority than Mark's wallet. My government has completely given up on the idea of anti-trust enforcement.

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Re:Facebook owner Meta to sell Giphy after UK watchdog confi... by profstasiak on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @10:33AM (#33247815)
195 countries in the world. I want to become president of one just to force FB to acquire Giphy again
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Re:Facebook owner Meta to sell Giphy after UK watchdog confi... by imnotreallynew on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @10:33AM (#33247803)
It’s a gif maker..fretting about anti-trust in this case seems a little bizarre to me.
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Re:Facebook owner Meta to sell Giphy after UK watchdog confi... by influx on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @10:48AM (#33248064)
Meta is getting creamed by TikTok and the market in general without the need for regulation by European bureaucrats that you haven’t elected democratically.

They could just as easy create regulations which are impossible for startups to follow that actually cement big tech into power unintentionally

If you want more enforcement, vote in government in your own country. At least we might be able to fix that later.

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Re:Facebook owner Meta to sell Giphy after UK watchdog confi... by arrosenberg on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @11:10AM (#33248437)
I feel so much better that China’s state sponsored social media platform is what constitutes “competition”. Clearly no regulation needed here.
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Re:Facebook owner Meta to sell Giphy after UK watchdog confi... by influx on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @12:54PM (#33250388)
Weird they aren't getting regulated....
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