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Jun 2023
50m 22s

Meta's plan to create a Twitter rival

Bbc World Service
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Facebook's owner shows staff plans for a text-based social network designed to compete with Twitter. We hear more about this BBC exclusive. Also in the programme, Jack Daniels has won a peculiar case against a firm that sold dog toys shaped like its emblematic bottle of whisky. We look into the arguments considered by the judge. Roger Hearing discusses the ... Show More
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