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Re:Meta Is Said to Plan Thousands More Layoffs as Soon as Th... by Overtonwindow on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @09:59AM (#35056050)
Banning TikTok is such a pointless exercise. So what, it just means that another service will pop up and take its place under a different name. The government can ban it all it wants, but it's not going away. Too simple of an app.
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Re:Meta Is Said to Plan Thousands More Layoffs as Soon as Th... by hello_moto on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @10:45AM (#35056611)
How many times in our lifetime seeing comments like this?

"Too simple of an app"

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Re:Meta Is Said to Plan Thousands More Layoffs as Soon as Th... by mint2 on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @10:58AM (#35056812)
Okay but that’s what the government hopes will happen… They don’t object to TikTok the concept. They object to the PRC having influence or control either real or potential.
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Re:Meta Is Said to Plan Thousands More Layoffs as Soon as Th... by uncletammy on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @01:03PM (#35058727)
It doesnt need to stop TikTok. It just needs to slow it down long enough for one of the US competitors to eat up their marketshare.

The end goal isnt protecting US citizens. It's weaponizing information to use against perceived threats, both foreign and domestic.

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Re:Meta Is Said to Plan Thousands More Layoffs as Soon as Th... by incahoots on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @02:22PM (#35059900)
>It just needs to slow it down long enough for one of the US competitors to eat up their marketshare.

If I were Snapchat I would be making moves to jump at this opportunity. I feel they're positioned the best to take that market share out of all of the current competitors, for the simple fact they've kept their core UI & model virtually unchanged.

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