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🗓️ 20 July 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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WhatsApp limits forwards, Microsoft announces earnings, emergency alerts on Netflix, grocery chain Kroger throws shade at Amazon Prime Day, and the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Links:WhatsApp will drastically limit forwarding across the globe to stop the spread of fake news, following violence in India and Myanmar (Recode)https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/18/senate-wants-emergency-alerts-to-go-out-through-netflix-spotify-etc/ (TechCrunch)First Test Drive of the Tesla Model 3 Performance: A Thrilling, Modern Marvel (WSJ) Weekend LongreadsHow ‘Small’ Security Errors Lead to a Security Breach (Alex DeFreese)Robots Are Ready to Shake (and Stir) Up Bars (WSJ)AI Could Make Detecting Autism Easier (The Atlantic)Best Buy Should Be Dead, But It’s Thriving in the Age of Amazon (Bloomberg Businessweek)When a DNA Test Shatters Your Identity (The Atlantic) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meam Ride Home for Friday, July 20th, 2018. I'm Brian McCullough.
0:09.0	Today, WhatsApp limits forwards.
0:13.1	Microsoft announces earnings.
0:15.0	Emergency alerts on Netflix.
0:17.3	Grocery chain Kroger throws shade at Amazon.
0:20.7	And the weekend long reads suggestions. Here's what you miss today in the world of
0:25.7	tech.
0:28.7	When I read that story yesterday about Facebook trying to limit the spread of fake stories that sometimes led to violent acts, I mentioned that Facebook wasn't the only platform having this sort of problem.
0:43.5	Indeed, WhatsApp, which Facebook owns, of course,
0:47.0	has been blamed for incendiary posts that have led to lynchings and mob attacks in India.
0:54.3	So, WhatsApp has announced a pretty tangible step
0:57.3	it is taking to try to keep this from happening.
0:59.9	The messaging app is now limiting
1:01.9	the amount of times a message can be forwarded to
1:04.8	20 times and in India the limit on the number of forwards will be five. The previous
1:11.2	limit was over 250 but WhatsApp wants to prevent incendiary posts from spreading
1:16.2	like wildfire, and so now it's putting a hard limit on the virality of posts. A Facebook spokesperson told
1:25.0	RICO, quote, we're horrified by the violence in India and we've
1:27.8	announced a number of different product changes to help address these
1:30.7	issues. It's a challenge which requires an action by civil
1:34.6	society, government, and tech companies." As Rita Perrada noted on Twitter in
1:40.7	2011 Indian regulators put a daily limit on SMS message on have helped WhatsApp take off in India in the first place as users used it to go around that
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