Facebook may have to sell Giphy on UK's competition concerns

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Facebook may have to sell Giphy on UK's competition concerns
Britain might require Facebook to sell GIF website Giphy after the country's competition regulator said on Thursday its investigation found the deal between the two companies would harm competition in the display advertising market. Facebook, the world's largest social media company, ...

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