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#Episode 23: What's up with WhatsApp?

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Public confusion and backlash around a WhatsApp update and concerns around data-sharing with its Facebook owners has resulted in them pushing back a privacy policy update. The data-sharing announcement prompted many users to flee WhatsApp and sign on to other messaging apps, like Signal and Telegram. #FreeSpeak host Gwen Lister discusses this latest controversy with digital rights activist and ACTION Namibia Coalition chairperson, Frederico Links. Have you made the switch? Tell us why. #DataPrivacy #BigTech

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