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ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say (www.reuters.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

YouTube/IG are hardly starting from scratch.

But they don't have the international reach of TikTok.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

IG is owned by FaceBook which actually has about double the userbase of TikTok if you don't count DouYin's 700 Million. I kind of hope that they also fuck up and trigger Section I if not full blown Section H of the bill.