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Black-Owned Fanbase Climbs App Store Charts Following Pending TikTok Ban, META Dropping DEI Initiatives
(atlantadailyworld.com)
From the Atlanta Daily World:
The social media landscape is changing at the start of 2025 due to several political and business factors. Black-owned social media app Fanbase, started by Isaac Hayes III in 2018, is in position to take advantage of the changes. Hayes announced this week that Fanbase continues to rise on the App Store chart. Earlier this … Continued
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