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> 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?



They could get penalized in various ways including being forbidden to do business in the UK.




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