Threads vs. Twitter, CROWN Act, Philly Goes to Wimbledon

Threads, the new social media app that is aiming to take on Twitter, launched last week. What can we expect from Mark Zuckerberg's latest social media venture?

Air Date: July 12, 2023 12:00 pm

FILE - This photo, taken in New York on July 5, 2023, show the logo for Meta's new app Threads, right, and that of Twitter. In a cease-and-desist letter earlier this week, Twitter threatened legal action against Instagram parent company Meta over the new text-based app, Threads. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Pennsylvania House Speaker Joanna McClinton talks about the CROWN Act, a bill to end hair discrimination. It recently passed in the PA House.

Meta launched its social media platform Threads just last week and Elon Musk is now threatening to take legal action against Zuckerberg and his company. Sree Sreenivasan, social media specialist and CEO of Digimentors, explains Threads, Twitter and the state of social platforms.

And, we’re talking with the oldest living Wimbledon Champ, Philly native Vic Seixas and journalist Allen Hornblum.

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