Jury orders maker of Pegasus spyware to pay WhatsApp millions of dollars in damages for hacking 1,400 people in 2019.
Nigerian court upholds fine by competition and consumer protection agency over collecting user information without consent
FTC tells court Meta created barriers to entry with its purchases of WhatsApp, Instagram to create illegal monopoly
Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly lobbying President Donald Trump for a settlement to avoid antitrust trial later this month
Notable development for Meta, after appeal against 2021 WhatsApp privacy fine is backed by advisor to EU's Court of Justice
Dozens of WhatsApp users, including journalists and other members of civil society, targeted by Paragon Solutions spyware hacking
After Meta had warned that India's data sharing ban could collapse WhatsApp's business model, tribunal suspends ban
Microsoft warns the WhatsApp accounts of US government officials are being targetted by Russian hacking group
State media reports the Iranian regime has lifted the ban on WhatsApp and Google Play, amid widespread VPN use
Landmark ruling finds NSO Group liable on hacking charges in US federal court, after Pegasus spyware used to hack journalists,…
Facebook parent Meta joins other big data centre operators and explores use of nuclear energy to help it meet AI…
World spanning subsea cable measuring 40,000km (or 24,854 mile) long, reportedly being planned by Meta for its exclusive use
India competition regulator fines Facebook parent Meta $25m over 2021 WhatsApp privacy policy that forced users to allow data sharing
Legal issues continue for Meta, after US judge rules it must face trial over FTC's antitrust concerns about Instagram, WhatsApp
Hong Kong government moves against two prominent Western tech platforms and bans them on government devices
Meta has reportedly begun laying off staff across various departments, but as of yet there is no word on actual…
Meta's AI chatbot now available for users in UK, Brazil, but not EU due to “unpredictable” regulatory environment
Russian state media networks including RT, Rossiya Segodnya etc banned by Meta Platforms for “foreign interference activity”
Iranian hacking group APT42 was behind possible hacking attempt of senior US administration officials of Joe Biden, Donald Trump
Nigerian competition and consumer agency fines Meta $220m over violations of privacy law, after probe spurred by WhatsApp user agreement
Beijing orders Apple to pull Meta's WhatsApp and Threads from its Chinese App Store over national security concerns
Catching WhatsApp? Billionaire founder of Telegram claims encrypted platform will reach one billion users within a year
Meta turns on interoperability for Messenger and WhatsApp, to comply with EU digital markets act (DMA), but only if Signal…
US Judge orders spyware firm NSO Group to hand over Pegasus code to Meta's WhatsApp as part of the ongoing…
Empty threat? Court in Moscow orders arrest in absentia of Meta spokesman Andy Stone, over terrorism-related charges
Because social media really needs more ways to spread information. Broadcast channels are coming soon to Facebook and Messenger
Access to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) in Russia will be blocked from March 2024, Russian lawmaker claims
SEC reportedly reviewing thousands of private messages from apps such as WhatsApp and Signal in Wall Street record-keeping probe
Government minister urges Meta not deploy end-to-end encryption on Instagram and Facebook Messenger, after passing of Online Safety Bill
Head of WhatsApp at Meta Platforms firmly denies media report the service is exploring adverts to bolster revenues