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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by yibg on Sunday January 19, 2025 @03:32PM (#42761480)
Which makes no sense. Meta wouldn’t sell “meta Uk”, data product, algo and all to a competitor for 20 billion or whatever the number floating around is.
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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by threeseed on Sunday January 19, 2025 @04:14PM (#42761917)
It doesn't have to be a competitor. They simply have to divest the US operation.

Just like happens in China and in many other countries.

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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by yibg on Sunday January 19, 2025 @04:35PM (#42762129)
Whoever they sell to becomes an immediate competitor though no? They’d get the software, US users and algo.
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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by rchaud on Sunday January 19, 2025 @06:14PM (#42763124)
Divesting the US operation would be pointless, the goal of the law is to control the algorithm, and that isn't something that the US office has access to. If they did they could simply be poached like Uber did to Waymo.
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