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Re:White House backs bill that could give it power to ban Ti... by Cookingboy on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @07:36AM (#35068263)
> At best, this is an extreme and short-sighted proposal. Political posturing, wasting time and attention while solving no real problem

It helps Meta and Google, to gain back U.S. social media market share. Which is why Meta has been lobbying for it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/faceboo...

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Re:White House backs bill that could give it power to ban Ti... by smegger001 on Thursday March 09, 2023 @02:15PM (#35085327)
If Meta can't compete because their Facebook platform is so toxic know one wants to use it isn't the vaunted hand of the free market where users and advertisers have spoken with their wallets. why should we subsidies their bottom line by killing alternative.
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