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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by raincole on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @10:36AM (#42712095)
The more you ban, the more "centralized" and "massive" the platforms you don't ban get. Unless you literally ban everything.

One has to be extremely naive to think Google (youtube) lobbyists didn't play a role in this Tiktok ban.

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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by marcosdumay on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @10:45AM (#42712270)
Big things aren't necessarily centralized, and you can replace big things with lots of small ones.
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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by echelon on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @10:41AM (#42712179)
Meta certainly lobbied for a TikTok ban:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/faceboo...

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Re:TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday by nprateem on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @11:05AM (#42712596)
Ah so that's why he's sucking up to trump now.
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