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WhatsApp users may need to find new messaging app as it could disappear in the UK, here's why 📨
WhatsApp have signalled that they’d rather block the app in the UK than abide by the new Online Safety Bill.
WhatsApp could shut down in the UK, if the the government’s controversial new Online Safety Bill passes, recent reports show. Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp at Meta, has suggested he’d rather see the smartphone app blocked in the UK than have its security weakened.
ohmymag.co.uk
Let the people decide...unless you don't like the result 🤪
Don't like the result? Run another poll 🤦‍♂️
Elon Musk starts banning critical journalists from Twitter ⚠️
Twitter has suspended the accounts of several prominent reporters who cover Elon Musk, including Ryan Mac of The New York Times, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan, The Washington Post’s Drew Harwell, The Intercept’s Micha Lee, Mashable’s Matt Binder, Aaron Rupar, and Tony Webster. This evening, Musk logged into a Twitter Space to try to explain why, and ran a poll asking when the journalists should be unbanned — in both instances, things didn’t exactly go his way.
Comment: So much for freedom of speech 🤦‍♂️ A turning point here with Elon Musk behaving like a dictator in a third world country and shutting down free speech. Twitter's Rules were not even broken (there are exceptions for journalists).
theverge.com
New features
Instagram launches new tool to help hacked users regain account access 🧑‍💻
Instagram is adding new ways for users to recover accounts that have been hacked. Regaining access to hacked accounts has long been an issue.
theverge.com
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TikTok's What's Next trend report
TikTok has published its 2023 What's Next trend report.
Our latest What's Next report looks at how certain social and cultural sentiments are changing, and how these changes will influence the way marketers approach TikTok audiences in the new year.
Keep reading for a sneak peek at some of the key trends covered in the report along with first hand thoughts from popular TikTok creator and marketing expert Andrea Casanova (@latinapreneur). Andrea will break down how the platform changed in the last year and what brands should keep in mind while planning their upcoming campaigns.
tiktok.com
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