A Few Things Facebook Forgot to Include in Its Year in Review
It’s been quite a year for Mark Zuckerberg and his friends at Facebook. You might even say that 2018 has been the…
Hey, How'd That Facebook 'War Room' Fare During Brazil's Election Season? Oh.
Facebook, the scandal-mired social media giant that has faced enormous criticism for its role in the spread of online…
WhatsApp Bans 100,000 Accounts Before Brazilian Election, Which Is Still a Real Mess
Facebook subsidiary and encrypted chat service WhatsApp has banned more than 100,000 accounts ahead of the upcoming…
Nasty WhatsApp Bug Left Users Vulnerable to Attack by Simply Answering a Video Call
On Tuesday, a researcher for Google’s Project Zero security team published a report revealing how WhatsApp users could…
Rich Dude Feud: Facebook Exec Overshares, Calls WhatsApp Founder 'Low-Class'
Today has been exciting for anyone who cares about tension among Big Tech’s ultra-rich, as two executives have thrown…
WhatsApp Tries to Crack Down on Viral Hoaxes After 20 Lynchings in India
Facebook is restricting WhatsApp users’ ability to forward messages: Each message can now only be sent to a maximum of…
Facebook Now Says It Will Remove Misinformation That Inspires Real-World Violence
After a rough week of criticism over Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s shoddy explanation for why he won’t ban conspiracy…
Facebook Runs Full-Page Ads in Indian Newspapers to Fight Fake News
Facebook has been under fire in India following a string of lynchings that appeared to have been prompted by false news…
India Calls on WhatsApp to Stop the Spread of Hoax Messages That Have Led to Lynchings
WhatsApp is promising to introduce new features intended to prevent the spread of hoax messages in India following…
FBI Recovered 731 Pages of Messages and Calls From Michael Cohen's BlackBerry
The FBI just got its hands on a whole lot of Michael Cohen’s encrypted communications. In a letter submitted Friday,…
Rumors Spread on WhatsApp Blamed for Two More Deaths in India
Two young men were beaten to death in India on Saturday after residents suspected they were child kidnappers, the BBC…
Paul Manafort Learns That Encrypting Messages Doesn't Matter If the Feds Have a Warrant to Search Your iCloud Account
Federal prosecutors have accused Paul Manafort of witness tampering, alleging that he used WhatsApp and Telegram in an…
Facebook and Google Accused of Violating GDPR on First Day of the New European Privacy Law
When Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of members of the European Parliament on Tuesday, he insisted that Facebook was…
WhatsApp Co-Founder Jan Koum Quits After Internal Battle With Facebook Over User Privacy
Jan Koum, the billionaire CEO of Facebook subsidiary WhatsApp, is leaving the company following disputes over “the…
Cops in Wales Caught a Drug Dealer by IDing His Fingerprint From a WhatsApp Photo
Police in Wales managed to arrest and convict a drug dealer by identifying his fingerprint from a photo posted on…
WhatsApp Co-Founder Says It's Time to Delete Facebook
Since WhatsApp got bought by Facebook in 2014, its co-founders have taken two very different paths. Jan Koum stayed on…
WhatsApp Agrees Not to Share EU Users’ Personal Info With Facebook, for Now
WhatsApp just agreed not to share the personal information of its users in the European Union with Facebook until it…
Sri Lanka Blocked Facebook This Week for Allegedly Spreading Hate Speech and Violence
The government of Sri Lanka ordered internet and mobile service providers to temporarily block Facebook and its…
Blackberry Accuses Facebook of Patent Infringement, Seeks Injunction That Could Shut It Down
After allegedly trying to hold discussions with Facebook for the past “several years,” BlackBerry finally decided to…
Riding Along With a Night Stringer, Chasing Car Crashes for Local News
The engines are already pulling away by the time we get to a reported dryer fire. There won’t be any footage of flames…