Meta executive tells newspaper that encryption rollout has been delayed on Facebook and Instagram over child safety concerns
Pegasus fallout continues. Facebook granted permission to pursue a lawsuit, after US court rejects NSO's claim of immunity
Back online. Facebook confirms 'configuration change' for seven hour global outage that halt access to most of its services on…
As CTO departs, a major global outage rocks the Facebook platform, as well as its WhatsApp and Instagram platforms on…
Concern raised again about how secure messages are on WhatsApp, after it emerges moderators can access messages if a complaint…
Ouch. Irish Data Protection Commission hits WhatsApp with an increased fine of 225m euros, due to its handling and processing…
US regulator amends antitrust complaint against Facebook, after a US judge in June had dismissed the initial claims filed by…
Social network reportedly studying 'homomorphic encryption' in order to analyse encrypted WhatsApp messages without decrypting them
Snapchat challenge as new WhatsApp feature is rolled out that allows photos and videos to disappear once they have been…
Look mum, no smartphone. For the first time WhatsApp to test a feature to allow users to send messages without…
Self destruct feature. Disappearing photo and video message option is being deployed for iOS and Android WhatsApp beta apps
Users are continuing to fall for scams that allow hackers to take over their WhatsApp accounts or trick them into…
Privacy champion? Facebook's WhatsApp division alleges controversial new law gives Indian government mass surveillance capabilities
Three month data collection ban. Facebook has been banned by regulator from processing the personal data from German WhatsApp users
As usage of WhatsApp, Zoom etc soars, the humble telephone landline declines, with 26 percent not even bothering to connect…
Legal challenge seeks to ban ministers from using disappearing messages on apps such as WhatsApp and Signal over transparency fears
WhatsApp's largest market in India is launching an official antitrust investigation over its mandatory privacy policy update
Facebook fixes 'technical issue' that caused Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp and other services to go offline globally for about an hour
Bigger screen time. Facebook's WhatsApp messaging service has finally added voice and video calling capabilities to its desktop version
Users who don't agree to WhatsApp's updated terms will be blocked from messaging, and their account could be eventually deleted
What backlash? Facebook's WhatsApp says it will go ahead with its privacy policy update, but hopes that it has better…
Delayed mandatory privacy policy update by Facebook's WhatsApp, to reportedly trigger questions from Indian parliamentary panel
WhatsApp delays deadline for users to agree to new privacy policy by three weeks as notice triggers backlash over Facebook…
Signal reportedly hiring more staff to cope with surge, as it and Telegram benefit from WhatsApp data policy update controversy
Research shows installations of Signal messaging app approaching one million a day, amid concern over WhatsApp data policy update
What is the point of end-to-end encryption? Facebook to access people's WhatsApp data, whether they like it or not, from…
Significant outage for a number of Facebook services including Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram on Thursday for thousands of users
Breakup threat. Social networking giant sued by federal regulator and US states, and could be forced to sell WhatsApp, Instagram
Plans by social media firms to widen the use of end-to-end encryption will put children a risk, Children Commissioner warns
Messaging titan to implement setting to allow for “disappearing messages” option after seven days, in an effort to bolster privacy