WhatsApp denies report on exploring ads
The report said that teams at Meta have been discussing whether to show ads in lists of conversations with contacts on the WhatsApp chat screen, but no final decisions had been made.
WhatsApp explores ads in chat app, report says
Teams at Meta have been discussing whether to show ads in lists of conversations with contacts on the WhatsApp chat screen, but no final decisions have been made.
MCMC warns against downloading 'Pink WhatsApp'
It says the app poses a serious security risk and can access items within users' phones such as photos and contact lists.
WhatsApp debuts one-to-many broadcasting 'Channels'
The debut comes as an array of agencies and organisations grow disenchanted with Elon Musk-owned Twitter in the face of fees, performance problems, and dramatically scaled-back content moderation.
UK govt refuses to hand over WhatsApp messages to Covid inquiry
The inquiry, ordered by the government itself in 2021 and chaired by a former judge, had given the government a deadline to hand over the documents.
In first, Russia fines WhatsApp for not deleting banned content
Moscow has for years clashed with Big Tech over content, censorship, data and local representation in disputes that escalated after Russia sent its armed forces into Ukraine on Feb 24, 2022.
WhatsApp agrees to be more transparent on policy changes, EU says
The company confirmed that users' personal data is not shared with third parties or other Meta companies, including Facebook, for advertising purposes.
US Supreme Court lets Meta's WhatsApp pursue 'Pegasus' spyware suit
WhatsApp in 2019 sued NSO seeking an injunction and damages, accusing it of accessing WhatsApp servers without permission six months earlier to install the Pegasus software on victims' mobile devices.
WhatsApp has until July to comply with EU consumer law
The European Consumer Organisation and the European Network of consumer authorities say WhatsApp has not explained the changes in plain and intelligible language in breach of EU consumer law.
Russia finds Meta guilty of ‘extremist activity’ but WhatsApp can stay
Russia has in the past designated groups such as the Taliban and Islamic State as 'extremist' but later expanded this to the Jehovah's Witnesses and jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation.
Lacking oversight, Telegram thrives in Ukraine disinformation battle
Two days after Russia invaded Ukraine, an account on the Telegram messaging platform posing as President Volodymyr Zelensky urged his armed forces to surrender.
WhatsApp extends encryption from phones to backups on Google Drive, iCloud
The new feature will be rolled out gradually, beginning with users who have the most recent version of WhatsApp on their phones.
