Note 108 Meta’s Telegram-like ‘Broadcast Channels’ Are Coming To Facebook And Messenger

Meta’s “broadcast channels,” previously available for Instagram and WhatsApp, will be coming to Facebook and Messenger “in the coming weeks,” according to a Meta blog post. CEO Mark Zuckerberg also shared the news in a post from his personal Facebook account.

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https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/18/23922888/facebook-broadcast-channels-instagram-whatsapp

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Note 105 YouTube’s New News Hub Directs You Towards Reliable Sources

At a time when misinformation is rife on many platforms and is arguably even incentivized in some cases, YouTube is doing more to try and direct users to reliable sources of news. The platform is doing so on two fronts.

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https://www.engadget.com/youtubes-new-news-hub-directs-you-towards-reliable-sources-144326618.html

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Pad53 Tumblr Archive:

Did you know that Pad53.com is directly connected to it's associated blog on Tumblr right here where each post here gets shared there? It sure is, and has been since Note 190 was posted in October 2023. Each post since then from this website after that is posted in the archive on Tumblr. How this benefits you is that when looking at the archive on Tumblr, you can get a condensed view of what content has been posted. You also get to see photos and other content that has been posted on Tumblr. I have broken the archive down into monthly links for your convenience below.

Fun fact: Pad53.com also automatically shares it's posts to Mastodon and Facebook, however there is no archive there. You can subscribe to Pad53 on all of these platforms to keep up with new posts. Find the links to Pad53's social media pages below. I will update the links above each month so that you have direct access to the content monthly.

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