At least 200 people are in the chat, according to Columbia University researchers who said they interviewed group members. Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday appeared to defend his team’s use of Signal to communicate with hundreds of online influencers after a report that his head of “new media and cultural communications” sends them talking points,.
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At least 200 people are in the chat, according to Columbia University researchers who said they interviewed group members. Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday appeared to defend his team’s use of Signal to communicate with hundreds of online influencers after a report that his head of “new media and cultural communications” sends them talking points,.
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