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Rayssa Leal’s skateboarding went viral on Vine — she just won an Olympic medal

The Verge

She also appeared on the Olympics official Twitter account, which posted a “how it started, how it’s going” meme featuring the 13-year-old skater. Since then, she’s been making a name for herself in her native country Brazil, and in US and global competitions, before eventually landing at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo.

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YouTube’s TikTok competitor Shorts will soon let users sample audio from any YouTube video

The Verge

It allows memes to percolate across the platform and lets users discover new content by watching videos with the same sound. Image: YouTube. Being able to sample audio from other users’ videos is one of TikTok’s greatest strengths. The YouTube-sampling tool will then roll out to other Shorts markets including the US in the coming weeks.

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[VIDEO] Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities

Bloomerang

So first I have on the left, this just a funny meme. So you can break the ice with these types of memes. And now WhatsApp is rolling out a payment feature in Brazil. It started only in Brazil. Consumers always super important. So these are the types of things that sometimes you see on WhatsApp.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter (now X): Everything you need to know, from layoffs to verification

TechCrunch

On February 8, Twitter Blue extended services further to India, Indonesia and Brazil. The deal came after months of legal drama , bad memes and will-they-or-won’t-they-chaos. Twitter also announced launching a new Spaces tab with curated stations for live and recorded spaces, along with podcasts.

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How Apple is making the antitrust case against it stronger

The Verge

Inside the group, they’re posting hateful memes and misinformation, while commenters share support for neo-Nazis. They’ve repurposed meme accounts, set up Google Docs and anonymous pages on Instagram , Snapchat and Twitter , and wielded their personal followings to hold friends and classmates accountable. Knight Foundation).

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‘Dead the sh*t out of it’: How Duolingo scored its most viral hit ever by murdering its mascot

Fast Company Tech

The internet spun Duos passive-aggressive personality into a meme (including one much-circulated image of him holding a gun). In Brazil, for example, Duolingo had previously lined up a major partnership with McDonalds that was set to drop around the same time that Duo died.

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The Boogaloo movement has successfully hijacked social networks to spread

The Verge

Posts on pages flagged by Avaaz between May 28 and June 18 included explicit calls for armed violence as well as more borderline content such as anti-government memes employing euphemisms for violence. Twitter permanently suspended the pro- Trump meme-maker “CarpeDonktum” for copyright violations. Nancy Scola / Politico ).