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July 29, 2016

Facebook pushing people to app they didn't choose

  • Still, the plan worked; more than 900 million people use the Messenger app.
    • By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
    AP Technology Writer

    SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is once again getting pushy about how people message one another.

    Two years ago, the social-media giant forced its users to adopt its Messenger app for direct communication, a change it enforced by deactivating messages in the main Facebook app and steering users to the app. There was an uproar; some users thought Messenger violated their privacy, while others just resented having to add yet another app.


     
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