Zuck’s TikTok Takedown
Last Thursday, Meta stunned the tech industry when the Mark Zuckerberg-led company abruptly announced a complete ban on all advertising from ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, on Meta platforms. The move, which extends beyond the U.S. to six other countries, dramatically escalated the ongoing feud between the social media rivals and raised questions about why Meta was taking the extraordinary action.
But Silicon Valley denizens weren’t the only ones caught off guard. Indeed, Status has learned that not everyone at Meta got the memo…
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