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Sensor Tower and Apptopia say Twitter broke US and worldwide single-day download records this week with 600K+ downloads and 40M US DAUs on Thursday

Civil unrest due to the nationwide George Floyd protests drove Twitter to see a record number of new installs this week …

TechCrunch Sarah Perez

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  • @ivanpentchoukov Ivan Pentchoukov on x
    Signal introduces face-blurring tool to anonymize people “marching and protesting against racism and police brutality.” Marching and protesting are legal, meaning the new tool will only help make it more difficult to catch violent rioters and cop killers. https://signal.org/... h…
  • @jonjones Jon Jones on x
    Even more reason to use Signal. Signal launches face-blurring tool as U.S. protesters embrace encrypted messaging https://venturebeat.com/...
  • @stephenhunton Stephen Hunton at on x
    Dear marketing peers: They're not coming here for brand content. https://twitter.com/...
  • @eshap @eshap on x
    Seems factchecking misleading, violent users has been good for business. https://techcrunch.com/...
  • @mattnavarra @mattnavarra on x
    “Twitter saw just over a 1 million installs on Monday and around 1 million new installs on Tuesday” https://techcrunch.com/...
  • @garettsloane Garett Sloane on x
    I feel like Twitter is starting to be seen in the U.S. in the same light that made it a force during the Arab Spring. That powerful side of Twitter, and more Americans are seeing the utility in that. It's a hard platform to get right away, but when you do, it clicks. https://twit…
  • @howelloneill Patrick Howell O'Neill on x
    1. Signal is adding a face blur feature to support protesters https://signal.org/... 2. Signal is one of the most popular apps in the US right now https://www.vox.com/...
  • @jordanbharrod Jordan Harrod on x
    I RTed this before, but to be more specific as to why this is a good idea, there are valid concerns that law enforcement is using videos of protests posted on social media to identify protesters using facial recognition. Anonymizing faces/bodies limits that ability. https://twitt…