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Mark Zuckerberg is the most powerful unelected man in America

Charlie Warzel, The New York Times
Updated as of Sep 05 10:29 PM

Mark’s influence is staggering, far beyond that of anyone else in the private sector or in government Read more »

WhatsApp limits message forwarding to slow spread of COVID-19 misinformation

Katie Paul, Reuters
Posted at Apr 07 04:16 PM

Facebook Inc's WhatsApp tightened message forwarding limits on Tuesday, restricting users to sharing forwarded content one chat at a time after a jump in messages touting bogus medical advice since the start of the coronavirus crisis. Read more »

Misinformation hampers coronavirus response, experts warn

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 21 08:39 AM

Misinformation is impacting on efforts to quell the coronavirus pandemic as even "very well educated" people share false cures, hoaxes and conspiracy theories online, experts warned as recorded cases continued to climb Friday. Read more »

Facebook scrambles as use soars in time of COVID-19 isolation

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 19 11:08 AM

The leading social network said it has nearly doubled server capacity to power WhatsApp as people in isolation place more voice and video calls using the popular messaging service.   Read more »

WhatsApp defends encryption as it tops 2 billion users

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 13 08:15 AM

The Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp said Wednesday it now has more than 2 billion users around the world as it reaffirmed its commitment to strong encryption to protect privacy.  Read more »

UN says officials barred from using WhatsApp since June 2019 over security

Reuters
Posted at Jan 24 11:04 AM

The independent UN experts said on Wednesday they had information pointing to the "possible involvement" of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the alleged 2018 cyberattack on the billionaire Amazon.com Inc chief.   Read more »

How not to plot secret foreign policy: On a cellphone and WhatsApp

David E. Sanger, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 19 10:29 AM

Rudy Giuliani, US President Donald Trump's 'cybersecurity adviser,' ran an 'irregular channel' of Ukraine diplomacy over open cell lines and communications apps in Ukraine that the Russians have deeply penetrated. Read more »

WhatsApp adds shopping catalog feature, courting e-commerce

Reuters
Posted at Nov 08 09:55 AM

Facebook has been trying to boost revenue from higher-growth units like Instagram and Whatsapp, which has 1.5 billion users. The company's flagship News Feed product continues to draw big ad dollars, but is struggling to generate new users. Read more »

India seeks answers from WhatsApp after cyber espionage

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 01 04:28 AM

India demanded answers from WhatsApp over a snooping scandal Thursday after coming under fire from critics who accused authorities of using malware installed on the Facebook-owned messaging service to spy on citizens. Read more »

WhatsApp says Israeli firm used its app in spy program

Nicole Perlroth, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 30 06:58 AM

SAN FRANCISCO — WhatsApp sued Israeli cybersurveillance firm NSO Group in federal court Tuesday, claiming the company used the popular messaging service in a wide-ranging spy campaign on journalists and human-rights activists. Read more »

Lebanon scraps WhatsApp fee amid violent protests

Reuters
Posted at Oct 18 12:15 PM

BEIRUT - Demonstrators and police clashed in Lebanon on Thursday as thousands of people rallied against the government's handling of an economic crisis, in one of the biggest protests the country has seen in years. Read more »

Fake news sparks panic among Indonesia quake victims

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 07 04:23 PM

JAKARTA - Thousands of Indonesians are still in shelters nearly two weeks after a deadly earthquake sparked a stream of fake news and hoaxes warning that an even bigger disaster was looming, the government said Monday. Read more »

Google reveals years-long 'indiscriminate' iPhone hack

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 30 03:49 PM

In a post Thursday on the blog of Google's Project Zero security taskforce, cyber experts did not name the hacked websites hosting the attacks, but estimated they received thousands of visitors a week.  Read more »

China's police state goes global, leaving refugees in fear

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 26 09:47 AM

Muslims who escaped China's crackdown in Xinjiang still live in fear, saying new homes abroad and even Western passports afford them no protection against a state-driven global campaign of intimidation. Read more »

Personal data at the center of fight vs Facebook, Google

Adam Satariano, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 08 08:38 AM

While online services like Facebook and Google did not charge a dime, people paid a high price by giving the companies so many personal details, a regulator said. And the people had no choice, because the companies had no real competitors.   Read more »

Facebook says glitches affecting across platforms resolved

Reuters
Posted at Jul 04 09:59 AM

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday an issue with uploading or sending media files on its apps and platforms has been resolved. Read more »

WhatsApp urges users to upgrade app after report of spyware attack

Reuters
Posted at May 14 04:57 PM

Facebook's WhatsApp on Tuesday 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. Read more »

Xinjiang surveillance app targets legal, everyday behavior: rights group

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 02 09:19 AM

HONG KONG - Chinese authorities are using a mobile app designed for mass surveillance to profile, investigate and detain Muslims in Xinjiang by labeling "completely lawful" behavior as suspicious, a Human Rights Watch report said Thursday. Read more »

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp working again after outages

Reuters
Posted at Apr 15 07:06 AM

Facebook Inc said it restored services on Sunday after some users could not access its social networking site, photo-sharing network Instagram and messaging app WhatsApp.   Read more »

Facebook down for some users - Downdetector.com

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 08:48 PM

Facebook Inc's social networking site is inaccessible to some users across the world on Sunday, according to Downdetector.com, a website which monitors outages. Read more »