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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see it less as bending a knee and more a way for Facebook to save money by laying off all of the fact checkers. [/quote]

Disagree. Meta/FB created Reels to compete with tiktok. It has struggled partly bc the TikTok algorithm is better and partly bc now it sounds like Reels prioritizes paid content/monetization. If you watch Zuckerberg over the years he has been frustrated that he couldn’t compete and then about a year or so ago started campaigning against TikTok. Whether you like FB/Meta or believe TikTok is a security risk is (IMO) irrelevant. Meta has been lobbying for a very specific ban so they are not subject to data privacy laws but get rid of their competition. Other wealthy policymakers (looking at you Mnuchin) went along with it bc they wanted to try to buy TikTok. Is it coincidence that Zuck made this announcement shortly after Trump indicated he might “intervene” in the TikTok case and Zuck visited Mar a Lago? No. It has nothing to do with what is good or best for America and everything to do with corporate lobbying and greedy capitalism. [b]Congress needs to pass legislation codifying Americans’ data privacy rights.[/b] [/quote]

Agree 100%. Lawmakers are o far behind on this. Yet little people like me have been saying this for long time now. Especially since things like access to bank and medical records (ans later more) became accessible online without our consent making us more susceptible to all kinds of financial and identity issues.[/quote]

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