Facebook Is Bringing Messenger Back to Its Mobile App
Synopsis by TechSpot Mar 09 23
Meta made the announcement in a post celebrating the milestone of Facebook reaching an all-time high of 2 billion global daily active users ...Read full article 
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Facebook Is Bringing Messenger Back to Its Mobile App: Meta is testing how to unify functionality for both apps.
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Apple Pulls Meta's WhatsApp, Threads From China App Store on Beijing Request
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- Chinese users now unable to download Western social media apps.
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- An activist group calls on Meta to reverse the decision, labeling it as 'insensitive'. A member of the Commons education select committee criticizes the 'reckless' unilateral decision.
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