Experts are concerned about the billionaire’s monetisation and moderation plans and a lack of social media regulation. “It is as if all Brazilians are on Twitter even though they are not, since prints of what is published there get widely shared on other social networks, like WhatsApp,” he said. Musk’s plans to monetise the platform while turning it into a …
More than 2 billion people globally use WhatsApp each day, and in countries like Brazil, 90% of daily smart phone users rely on the app to communicate with family, friends, customers and co-workers. Later studies conducted by digital advocacy groups would conclude that this is exactly what Facebook had done and accuse the company of engaging in “digital colonialism.” As …
