EU warns Meta WhatsApp AI fee breaches antitrust rules, orders rollback
[BRUSSELS] The European Commission said on Wednesday (Apr 15) it intended to order Meta Platforms to reinstate rival artificial intelligence assistants on its WhatsApp messaging service after the US t...
Meta ordered to pay US$375 million in New Mexico trial over child exploitation, user safety claims
The company has denied the allegations
WhatsApp wins court backing to challenge US$268 million Irish privacy fine
The ruling can pave the way for similar action by other companies
US has investigated claims that WhatsApp chats aren’t private
Meta says it cannot see WhatsApp messages because they are encrypted with digital keys on users’ phones
Lawsuit claims Meta can see WhatsApp chats in breach of privacy
The complaint cites ‘whistleblowers’ as having helped bring this information to light, though it doesn’t explain who they are
Meta Singapore chief eyes chat apps as next sales frontier
[SINGAPORE] Artificial intelligence (AI) bots that pitch, prattle and sell you stuff in your WhatsApp and Messenger chats are set to helm the future storefronts of Singapore firms, and the tech giant ...
Malaysia says it plans to ban social media for under-16s from 2026
France, Spain, Italy, Denmark and Greece are also jointly testing a template for an age verification app
Ex-WhatsApp executive sues Meta over alleged security failures
A FORMER top security executive at WhatsApp filed a federal lawsuit on Monday alleging that parent company Meta systematically violated cybersecurity regulations and retaliated against him for reporti...
WhatsApp finds new hacking campaign targeting fewer than 200 people
[WASHINGTON] WhatsApp said Friday (Aug 29) it discovered an advanced cyberespionage effort that took advantage of a chain of security vulnerabilities in the app and Apple devices to hack them.
WhatsApp’s ‘no ads’ promise meets Meta’s reality
After a decade, Mark Zuckerberg gets a new revenue stream while a founding pledge of the chat app crumbles
