New Users Flock To Signal, Telegram After WhatsApp Privacy Concerns05:42
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January 19, 2021

Millions of people are heading to encrypted messaging apps Signal and Telegram over perceived privacy concerns with Facebook-owned WhatsApp. The new influx of users was enough to crash Signal over the weekend.

Here & Now's Tonya Mosley speaks with Rani Molla, senior data reporter for Recode.

This segment aired on January 19, 2021.

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