WhatsApp battles privacy concerns, China tech worker concerns, Microsoft Teams
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 13 January 2021
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Facebook-owned WhatsApp is scrambling to stave off privacy concerns following a recent update to its terms of service; greenhouse gas emissions in the US rose less in 2020 than in any year since the second world war; China’s fast-growing tech industry is in the spotlight for harsh working conditions. Plus, the FT’s Richard Waters reports on the growth of Microsoft Teams and what it could mean for the future of online work.
What’sApp fights back as users flee to Signal and Telegram
https://www.ft.com/content/ee1b716d-4ed2-4b26-8da1-40c98db7b9b6?
US emissions rise the least since second world war during pandemic
ft.com/content/1b1dfaf0-4dfb-4788-9270-f880242b2a56?
Pinduoduo hit by new allegations over working practices
https://www.ft.com/content/cc7aa0f0-ca28-4bf1-a3a1-823cc5e6fad1
Microsoft looks to make 2021 the year of Teams
https://www.ft.com/content/1bbe1b15-dde6-4a3b-9728-8991818b6c92
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:02.0 | Today is Wednesday, January 13th, |
| 0:04.0 | and this is your FT news briefing. |
| 0:07.0 | What's app fights back against a sudden competitive threat. |
| 0:12.0 | U.S. greenhouse gas emissions have taken a dive during the pandemic, |
| 0:16.0 | and Chinese workers speak up about harsh working conditions |
| 0:19.0 | in the country's fast-growing technology companies. |
| 0:22.0 | Plus, Microsoft wants its team's platform to |
| 0:25.1 | dominate the online office space. How does it hope to do that? We'll take a look. I'm |
| 0:30.0 | Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day. Elon Musk tweeted two words last week that had a powerful but unintended ripple effect. |
| 0:46.1 | The Tesla founder wrote, Use Signal. |
| 0:49.3 | He was referring to the encrypted messaging app, but many investors accidentally piled into a company called Signal Advance. |
| 0:57.0 | But back to the other signal. |
| 0:59.3 | Musk's tweet helped fuel a rush towards the encrypted messaging app and away from its competitor |
| 1:05.1 | WhatsApp. That's the messaging service owned by Facebook. To give us a better |
| 1:09.6 | understanding of what happened I have the FT's Hannah Murphy on the line. Hi Hannah. |
| 1:14.7 | Hi there. |
| 1:15.7 | Hannah why did people flee WhatsApp and head to signal? |
| 1:19.7 | Right I mean Elon to his credit does have a fair amount of clout, particularly on Twitter. |
| 1:26.3 | But what happened several days prior, |
| 1:29.2 | WhatsApp updated its terms of service, and that sparked a lot of concerns about privacy and outcry and a general |
| 1:38.4 | sort of fleeing away from Facebook towards Signal and also to another app called Telegram. |
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