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All Of It with Alison Stewart | Jul 7, 2023

A new social media app from Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp's parent company with similarities to Twitter has sparked conversation of whether a rivalry with a new platform could kill the social media giant. Shira Ovide, writer of The Washington Post's Tech Friend newsletter, joins us to talk about one of the most rapidly downloaded apps at the moment.

 

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