Dawn Of The Threads
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07/04/23
•25m
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Meta will launch a Twitter rival app on Thursday. Adam is joined by Shiona McCallum, BBC tech reporter, and Vivian Schiller, the former head of news at Twitter, to talk about the effect they expect it to have on our online lives. Chris Mason is also on with the latest as the police reopen an investigation into a 'jingle and mingle' event at Conservative HQ while Covid restrictions were in place. And, business editor Simon Jack has been investigating what’s going on with Nigel Farage’s bank accounts, after Mr Farage claimed an account of his was shut for political reasons. We hear what he’s found. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Alex Collins and Rufus Gray. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The news editor was Damon Rose.
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