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Alexandre Botão

Dec 1, 2020

9 min read

The WhatsApp Chronicles of Ice and Fury

Behold the tales of how one single person can spread two million fake news messages per day and why Facebook’s messaging app will soon become an even worse misinformation machine

As the most expensive acquisition in technology — $19 billion in 2014 — WhatsApp has a curious…

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Alexandre Botão

Two decades of hardcore journalism in a past life; now Digital Media PhD candidate @ University of Porto, coffee taster and vinyl aficionado

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