The security flaw was patched, but questions remain about who was targeted and why. Continue reading →

Facebook’s WhatsApp urged users to upgrade to the latest version of its popular messaging app following a report that users could be vulnerable to having malicious spyware installed on phones without their knowledge. Continue reading →

“Mark [Zuckerberg] is a good, kind person. But I’m angry that his focus on growth led him to sacrifice security and civility for clicks,” Chris Hughes said in a New York Times opinion piece. Continue reading →

U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings has pressed the White House for info on whether Donald Trump’s son-in-law has communicated sensitive info via WhatsApp. Continue reading →

All the social network said Thursday was that the outages, which affected users and advertisers worldwide, resulted from a “server configuration change.” It offered no further details. Continue reading →

Facebook’s deeper motivations: To expand lucrative new commercial services, continue monopolizing the attention of users, develop new data sources to track people. Continue reading →

Zuckerberg promised to transform Facebook from a company known for devouring the personal information shared by its users to one that gives people more ways to communicate in truly private fashion, with their intimate thoughts and pictures shielded by encryption in ways that Facebook itself can’t read. Continue reading →

Following a turbulent year fraught with controversy, the news of Facebook’s potential plans to unify the services under its umbrella has been alarming to many. Continue reading →

WhatsApp users will only be allowed to forward a message to five recipients under new measures introduced to curb the spread of harmful rumours. Continue reading →

From how we say hello and goodbye, to shorthand, abbreviations, emoji use and even the platform people use to send messages, texting habits vary depending on where you are in the world. Continue reading →