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I imagine this kind of dialogue "Hey, you like jobs right? They get you elected and all. Well if you ban tiktok we'll make some jobs, watcha think?"

• dylan604 4y ago
  Huh? How does banning tiktok make jobs? Are you assuming a US based company will spring up with a clone? You really believe that? Isn't it much more likely Meta will use it's power to gobble up any upstart to avoid the competition?
  • nephanth 4y ago
    I mean Meta could argue that getting a bigger part of the cake would allow them to make more jobs
    • dylan604 4y ago
      But Meta already has people employed now building their version of tiktok. How many more jobs would Meta need if there was an influx of users because of no tiktok? The recent round of layoffs implies they think they can do it with fewer and not more. Just playing the tape all the way to the end.