WhatsApp lets users make purchases in conversations

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Virtual influencers bring in the cash as Covid pushes out real-life stars

Covid-19 has pushed fans to social media
What if social networks went into standby mode during elections?
Censored in China, in difficulty in the United States, what future for We Chat?
“Breast Squeezing”: Will Instagram Really Censor Fat People Less?
STREAMING, OTT, SVOD

Quibi's failure illustrates the gambling data switzerland economic challenge of big-budget short-form programming
How can American pay TV giants cope with falling subscriptions?
Canal+ buys even more shares of the MultiChoice Group
Netflix raises subscription prices
Sony set to acquire Crunchyroll from AT&T
AUDIO, PODCAST, TERMINALS

Spotify gets closer to radio and launches its morning show “The Get Up”
Soon, a podcast mode on Netflix?
Spotify launches in Russia, surpasses 320 million monthly users
Audible bets on podcasts with the addition of more than 100,000 new titles
Spotify criticized for letting one of its most popular podcasts feature a far-right conspiracy theorist
DATA, AUTOMATION, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, BLOCKCHAIN

Voters in 3 states will change the future of data protection and control in the United States.
Microtargeting of US election ads uses oddly specific filters
Bots and Deepfake: When technology serves sexual harassment
MONETIZATION, BUSINESS MODEL, ADVERTISING.