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BeReal hit with privacy complaint over how it asks EU users to agree to tracking

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Right after BeReal got acquired by French mobile games publisher Voodoo this summer, the candid selfie-sharing app which has been popular with Gen Zers changed how it asks users to consent to tracking. The resulting pop-up is now the target of a privacy complaint in Europe. Confirmed breaches of the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation […]

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BeReal is being acquired by mobile apps and games company Voodoo for €500M

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Voodoo, a french mobile apps and games publisher, has acquired BeReal for €500 million. BeReal, which has more than 40 million active users, gained popularity during the height of the pandemic. The acquisition comes as BeReal was struggling to grow its user base and was looking for a buyer. “BeReal achieved incredible user loyalty and

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Meta’s latest experiment copies BeReal and Snapchat’s core ideas

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Meta is once again taking on its competitors by developing a feature that borrows concepts from others — in this case, BeReal and Snapchat. The company is developing a feature for Instagram called “Peek” that would allow users to post authentic pictures that can only be viewed once. While Snapchat popularized the idea of ephemeral

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