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Meta's Twitter rival Threads explodes to 70 million signups one day after launch (www.cnbc.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Even so, many politicians have already signed up for the service. Axios reported that as of Thursday evening, more than a quarter of Congress’ 535 members across both chambers had created accounts, as well as half a dozen Republican presidential candidates and top White House aides.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Who needs lobbying when you can just collect blackmail data on politicians because they willingly install your app?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I doubt many national level politicians run their campaign accounts on their personal phones. In fact, I bet theres only one who does that.