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ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say (www.reuters.com)
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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)

So be it. The vaccuum it will leave will get filled by another platform.

[–] xnx@slrpnk.net 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The whole point of this bill is for mark zuckerberg’s lobbying money to finally get people to use Reels

[–] whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Reels and YouTube shorts both suck, the algorithms push the most asinine content, or stuff I saw on tiktok MONTHS ago.

[–] Sgn@programming.dev -1 points 7 months ago

They didn't lobby this bill. Google, oracle, did

[–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

This the goal of this bill.