The point of the whole Congressional exercise was to grab ownership of a highly lucrative social network on the cheap to the American investor class. Whoever won the presidential election got to choose the winners.

>The deal itself feels messy and political, not like a serious solution to data or security concerns.

2026 in a nutshell, yes. The Daily Watergate of American history.

> it’s hard to see what regular users actually win from this

They won't. The entire point of this charade is to remind Americans we can't expect any better than instagram or youtube.