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Facebook’s Apps Went Down. The World Saw How Much It Runs on Them.
The outage disrupted the digital lives of small-business owners, politicians, aid workers and others. But for some, it was a welcome reprieve. Source
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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Were Down: Here’s What to Know
When apps used by billions of people worldwide blinked out, lives were disrupted, businesses were cut off from customers — and some Facebook employees were locked out of their offices. Source
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What Are Text Memes?: The Trend Taking Over Instagram
LOS ANGELES — Last month, the singer Courtney Love, who is a keen observer of social media trends, posted a cryptic message on Instagram. “Lots of people don’t understand Gen-Z,” she wrote. “I think they’re […]
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Facebook Antitrust Suit Dismissal Will Be Appealed, States Say
More than 40 state attorneys general on Wednesday said they planned to appeal the dismissal of their antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, setting up a protracted legal fight to rein in the power of the Silicon […]
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How China’s Tencent Avoided an Antitrust Push, For Now.
That’s glossing over the huge power imbalance between Tencent and the many satellite companies in its orbit. Colin Huang, founder of Pinduoduo, hinted at that in a 2018 interview, in which he groused that WeChat […]
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WhatsApp Sues India’s Government to Stop New Internet Rules
The rules, which would require WhatsApp to make people’s messages traceable, would violate people’s privacy, the messaging service said. Source
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An Old Conflict With Digital Twists
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. My colleague Sheera Frenkel has a unique perspective on what happens when the modern mechanics of the […]