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Reminder that Facebook lobbied for this: https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-stoked-washingtons-fears-about-tiktok-11598223133 https://ww

Reminder that Facebook lobbied for this: https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-stoked-washingtons-fears-about-tiktok-11598223133 https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-st... I’d you can’t beat ‘em, ask your buddies in government to ban ‘em, I guess?

karsten5 6y ago
And here the opposite where Zuckerberg actively says that Would Set “A Really Bad Long-Term Precedent” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/zuckerberg-facebook-all-hands-tiktok-ban https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/zuckerberg-face...
- IncRnd 6y ago
  Don't confuse either of the statements with a "belief" he holds. The two statements were to two different audiences. The one stoking fear of his competitor was in Washington D.C. The other was to his own employees.
- mrtksn 6y ago
  Think of it this way: It can be good for FB as an established company that can incorporate in every country like coca-cola opening local plants that play nice with the local government but still make money and “really bad long term consequences” from an intellectual point of view because it will no longer be possible for a startup to grow globally without the resource necessary to incorporate in every country(which is good for FB since no longer a kid in his dorm can make a competitor and bad for everyone else because a kid in his dorm can no longer make a competitor). So essentially, “go Trump do your thing but I am (personally)very sorry what the Internet has become, must suck to be U“.
ehsankia 6y ago
Makes sense. TikTok is one of the only app who ever came close to dethroning Facebook as the largest social media site. Instagram and Snapchat were the two others. They acquired one, and after failing to acquire the other, they simply cloned all its functionality. They also are in parallel trying to clone TikTok, but obviously getting it banned is far more efficient.
anyfactor 6y ago
Makes sense. The application anti-trust laws is almost non-existent. They might as well take full advantage of it. The oil barons are now tech barons.

karsten5 6y ago

And here the opposite where Zuckerberg actively says that Would Set “A Really Bad Long-Term Precedent” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/zuckerberg-facebook-all-hands-tiktok-ban https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/zuckerberg-face...

IncRnd 6y ago
Don't confuse either of the statements with a "belief" he holds. The two statements were to two different audiences. The one stoking fear of his competitor was in Washington D.C. The other was to his own employees.
mrtksn 6y ago
Think of it this way: It can be good for FB as an established company that can incorporate in every country like coca-cola opening local plants that play nice with the local government but still make money and “really bad long term consequences” from an intellectual point of view because it will no longer be possible for a startup to grow globally without the resource necessary to incorporate in every country(which is good for FB since no longer a kid in his dorm can make a competitor and bad for everyone else because a kid in his dorm can no longer make a competitor). So essentially, “go Trump do your thing but I am (personally)very sorry what the Internet has become, must suck to be U“.

ehsankia 6y ago

Makes sense. TikTok is one of the only app who ever came close to dethroning Facebook as the largest social media site. Instagram and Snapchat were the two others. They acquired one, and after failing to acquire the other, they simply cloned all its functionality. They also are in parallel trying to clone TikTok, but obviously getting it banned is far more efficient.

anyfactor 6y ago

Makes sense. The application anti-trust laws is almost non-existent. They might as well take full advantage of it. The oil barons are now tech barons.