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What Facebook's Giphy deal means for Snapchat, Twitter, Gif-makers and data watchdogs

Giphy feeds Gifs to third-party apps, and now Facebook wants to own it. (Courtesy Giphy)
May 15, 2020 08:30 PM

If there were a reaction Gif out of Facebook headquarters should its deal to buy Giphy be approved, it would be Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg in the movie "The Social Network" celebrating a new hire with a handshake: "Welcome to Facebook." Or it could be the Gif of a closeup of DJ Khaled pointing confidently at the camera mouthing his triumphant catchphrase, "Another one."

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