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Meta bans TikTok ads from its platforms in tit-for-tat row

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Meta has placed a complete ban on ads and marketing from TikTok's US minority owner, ByteDance.

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Both outlets focus on Meta’s ad ban on TikTok-related marketing, with Engadget and The Verge agreeing that the target is ByteDance and that the move is broad rather than limited. The Verge adds more framing, saying the restriction applies across the US and several other countries and citing Bloomberg, while Engadget only describes it as a complete ban and uniquely calls ByteDance TikTok’s US minority owner.

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