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• Meta to face antitrust charges in Europe over customer data use, sources say

  Regulators are drawing up charges against Meta over its use of customer data and the tying of its classified advertisements service to its social network, sources said.

  Tech

  Nov 9, 2022
  
• Decision reserved in LPS officer disciplinary hearing over ‘Meme Militia’ group chat

  Sgt. Jason Moulton created a WhatsApp chat called the "meme militia," where officers shared offensive texts and memes targeting LPS executives, other officers and society.

  Crime

  Oct 14, 2022
  
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• Watchdog probing alleged chat group with racist messages among Nelson police

  The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner has confirmed an investigation into eight current and former Nelson police officers involves alleged messages in a WhatsApp group.

  Crime

  Jul 7, 2022
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• Prince Albert, Sask. residents take to WhatsApp to combat crime in West Hill area

  Prince Albert West Hill area residents are combatting crime by a faster means, as the neighbourhood has turned to WhatsApp to record suspicious activity and directly notify police.

  Crime

  Dec 5, 2021
• Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp back online after widespread outage

  Facebook cited faulty configuration changes on its routers as the root cause of the outage on Monday. 

  Tech

  Oct 4, 2021
• Elderly mother and daughter keep critical connection with technology

  An elderly mother and her daughter are seeing each other and connecting with technology -- helping them cope with the distance and time apart.

  Features

  Feb 16, 2021
• WhatsApp’s new privacy policy sparks outcry. Here’s what you need to know

  The company came under new scrutiny from privacy advocates when it announced that it will force users to share information with Facebook if they want to keep using the service.

  Tech

  Jan 12, 2021
• U.S. government, 48 states file antitrust lawsuit to break up Facebook

  The antitrust lawsuits were announced by the Federal Trade Commission and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

  Politics

  Dec 9, 2020
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• No, Putin is not using lions in Russia’s coronavirus lockdown

  A Twitter ‘joke‘ by a Pakistani comedian has inspired fake reports that Russia is using lions and tigers for its coronavirus lockdown.

  Trending

  Mar 23, 2020
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• 50 people in Edmonton in self-imposed quarantine to prevent spreading COVID-19 coronavirus

  There are now at least 50 people who have chose to put themselves under self-imposed quarantine in Edmonton after returning from China.

  Canada

  Feb 12, 2020