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Articles, tutorials, and announcements from the UnifyPort team.
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X Banned Automated DMs in 2026 — How Inbound Support Teams Still Receive and Route Them
X's 2026 rules prohibit auto-DMs and bulk programmatic outreach, and the API meter now runs per read. If your team only needs to receive DMs and mentions, here's why the crackdown doesn't apply to you — and how to route inbound messages without sending a single automated DM.
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LINE's Official Account Is Only Available in Three Countries — Here's What Teams Everywhere Else Do
LINE restricts Official Account verification to Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand. If your business is anywhere else and you need to receive LINE messages, here are the four paths available — and which one actually works same-day.
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WhatsApp's BSUID Migration Starts July 7 — A Five-Point Checklist for Inbound-Only Teams
Meta is replacing phone numbers with Business-Scoped User IDs in WhatsApp webhook payloads. Here's a checklist of what breaks, what doesn't, and which teams can skip the migration entirely.
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TikTok Has No DM API — Here's How Teams Receive TikTok Shop Messages Anyway
TikTok's official developer API can't send or receive direct messages, and TikTok Shop messaging is locked to approved sellers in a handful of markets. If you need to receive TikTok DMs programmatically, here's the path that still works.
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How to Receive LINE Messages Without Registering an Official Account
LINE's Messaging API requires an Official Account — a registration process that can take up to 60 business days and is restricted to four countries. If all you need is to receive inbound LINE messages, here's the path that skips the queue.
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One Webhook for LINE, Zalo, and X: How Southeast Asia Teams Handle Three Platforms at Once
Running customer support across LINE, Zalo, and X means three separate integrations, three schemas, and three sets of credentials. Here's how teams in Southeast Asia collapsed all of it into a single webhook endpoint.
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WhatsApp Banned Third-Party AI Chatbots — Here's What Teams Are Doing Instead
Meta's January 2026 ban blocks ChatGPT, Copilot, and Perplexity from WhatsApp Business API. If your AI bot stopped working, here's why — and the path that still lets you run your own AI on incoming WhatsApp messages.
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