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The sale was forced by the UK antitrust agency while Giphy is a US company. I guess it's theoretically possible that Americans colluded with the British civil
by pavlov 3y ago
The sale was forced by the UK antitrust agency while Giphy is a US company.
I guess it's theoretically possible that Americans colluded with the British civil servants to scam Meta out of $350 million, but it seems unlikely.
- tasuki 3y ago> The sale was forced by the UK antitrust agency while Giphy is a US company. That sounds... strange. Would China or Russia also have an ability to force US companies to sell parts? Has Facebook complied because they wanted to maintain good relations with UK regulators?
- zeroonetwothree 3y agoThey could get penalized in various ways including being forbidden to do business in the UK.