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Re:US Bill Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek by dmix on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:43PM (#42925730)
Zuckerberg came out strongly against the TikTok ban. Unless you mean someone else?
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Re:US Bill Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek by yardie on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:56PM (#42925872)
Yeah, 5 years ago. It’s a much larger threat to Meta now. Specifically its gain in GenZ.
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Re:US Bill Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek by skissane on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:55PM (#42925857)
Musk has said he’s opposed to TikTok ban as well:

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1880975630646612254

Speculation, but it wouldn’t surprise me if Trump’s change of heart on the TikTok ban is due to Musk’s influence.

Musk needs to stay in Beijing’s favour due to the size of Tesla’s investments in China, which Beijing could destroy in a moment if Musk overly offended them. Opposing TikTok ban helps Musk stay in Beijing’s good books, supporting it would have had the opposite effect.

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Re:US Bill Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek by eru on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:54PM (#42925843)
Trump has a social media company, doesn't he?
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Re:US Bill Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek by dmix on Monday February 03, 2025 @08:21PM (#42926149)
It has 6 million users. It’s like a midsized subreddit, not a TikTok competitor.
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