Tue. 08/17 – Yik Yak Is Back. Act Accordingly.

Yik Yak is back, but can it make it in a Tik Tok world? Concerns about how the Taliban are using WhatsApp. OnlyFans wants you to try out a new safe for work app. TikTok is distributing music via the blockchain. And will BlueSky ever see the light of day?

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Links:

• Remember Yik Yak? Well, it's back and still anonymous. (Mashable)
• T-Mobile Confirms It Was Hacked (Motherboard)
• WhatsApp Can’t Ban the Taliban Because It Can’t Read Their Texts (Motherboard)
• Facebook ‘Proactively’ Removing Taliban Content, Executive Says (Bloomberg)
• OnlyFans Creates Its First App With a Twist: No Nudity, No Cost (Bloomberg)
• And the First Streaming Service to Partner With TikTok Is… (Rolling Stone)
• Tinder will make its ID Verification option available to all users (The Verge)
• Salesforce introduces new Slack integrations post-acquisition (Venture Beat)
• Twitter taps crypto developer to lead decentralized social media initiative Bluesky (The Block)