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		raincole 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday 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.

marcosdumay 6 months ago | [–]

Big things aren't necessarily centralized, and you can replace big things with lots of small ones.

echelon 6 months ago | [–]

Meta certainly lobbied for a TikTok ban:

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

nprateem 6 months ago | [–]

Ah so that's why he's sucking up to trump now.

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