Blagger’s Blog— Something about Friends, Angry Scooters, Facebook iOS bug

Manchester Digital PR agency Smoking Gun’s Weekly High

10th December marks the 10th anniversary of Angry Birds. To mark the occasion developers have launched a range of ‘rage powered’ scooters. Not sure what that means? Check the video above.

Weekly Low 

Facebook says a bug that inadvertently accesses a user’s iPhone camera while they’re scrolling through the News Feed will be fixed sometime today. The bug appears to be exclusive to iOS and does not affect Android devices. https://t.co/4jfTKQiYgt

— CNN (@CNN) November 13, 2019

Cynics don’t seem to believe that Facebook’s ‘bug’ is actually a bug at all. After the relentless stream of privacy concerns and scandals, we certainly don’t blame them.

Need to know

Instagram has announced a global expansion of its hidden like counter.

Google is restricting the level of data sharing from targeted ads as pressure mounts to take more steps to protect user privacy.

Nigeria has stepped up its crackdown on journalists, raising more concerns over press freedom and bias in the African nation.

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