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For millions, the WhatsApp outage could have been a matter of life and death — Guardian

By TechTaffy Desk

With so many lives dependent upon a functional messaging service, the Facebook outage reveals the need for a different path forward, writes Humza Jilani.

Here is the link: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/07/whatsapp-outage-matter-life-death-social-media-facebook

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