Life DPC forced to reinvestigate GDPR complaints by European court Ruling marks latest twist in set of three actions dating back to 2018 29 Jan
Life Anonymous hacks Iranian government and state broadcasters The hacktivists announced a targeted hacking campaign against supporting the recent human rights protests in the region 23 Sep
Radio Skybridge Capital’s Rachel Pether on digital assets and the crypto winter A new mission to the moon and Meta tries its hand at real time translation 8 Jul
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Life EU law may force Meta, Apple to open their chat apps to smaller rivals If passed, Meta and Apple will have six months to open their messaging platforms to interoperability 25 Mar
Pro Meta files lawsuit to uncover hackers targeting Facebook, WhatsApp The company is seeking $500,000 from the unnamed threat actors that ran phishing scam on its platforms 21 Dec
Life WhatsApp secures permission to challenge €225 million GDPR fine The company has been granted the power to challenge Ireland’s fine over the way it shares user data 10 Nov
Life WhatsApp backups to get end-to-end encryption Facebook says it's the final step towards a full end-to-end encrypted messaging experience on the chat app 15 Oct
Trade DPC fines WhatsApp €225m over data sharing policies Finalised penalty almost five times larger than draft fine issued in December 2020 2 Sep
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Pro WhatsApp launches multi-device beta with support for end-to-end encryption An infrastructure change means up to four devices can be attached to a single account without compromising security or privacy, company claims 16 Jul
Life WhatsApp privacy update in breach of EU directives, says consumer watchdog BEUC accuses messaging platform of breaching consumer rights through "vague" policy prompt 13 Jul
Life Germany bans Facebook from using WhatsApp data over GDPR concerns Hamburg's data protection commissioner issues three-month ban days before the app's new privacy policy rolls out 12 May
Life Hackers are using fake messages to break into WhatsApp accounts Scam uses contacts lists to gain access 9 Apr
Life How to group message on your favourite mobile app Beat cabin fever with these lines of communication to your friends and family 24 Mar
Life Chaos as social networks experience brief outage Facebook properties get hit with image, video play problem 3 Jul
Life WhatsApp users urged to update software after security breach Israeli company suspected of developing exploit that hands over control of smartphones 14 May
Life Facebook about to make sweeping changes to WhatsApp Planning to bring adds to the platform and bypass encryption 22 Oct
Life Users must back up WhatsApp by 12 November – here’s how We explain how to back up and restore WhatsApp messages, on your new or current Android phone, and on iPhone 24 Aug
Trade Brussels hits Facebook with €110m fine over WhatsApp takeover Social network told to pay up for misleading Commission over user profiles 18 May
Life German court upholds WhatsApp-Facebook data transfer ban Court overturns privacy regulator's order that companies delete data they had already transferred 26 Apr
Life UK official wants police access to parliament attacker’s WhatsApp messages Khalid Masood reportedly used service before rampage that left five dead 27 Mar
Life Facebook’s latest Snapchat attack: WhatsApp status updates Update brings pictures, GIFs, and videos to statuses 22 Feb
Life New WhatsApp beta feature looks to eliminate the pain of embarrassing texts Experimental feature lets you kill and edit texts after you've sent them 3 Feb
Life German consumer groups sue WhatsApp over privacy policy changes Federation of German Consumer Organizations wants mesaging service to stop passing users' contact lists 30 Jan
Life Indian privacy case against WhatsApp gains momentum Supreme Court wants notices served to the Indian government, WhatsApp and Facebook 17 Jan
Life WhatsApp vulnerability could expose messages to prying eyes Flaw could allow Facebook to intercept supposedly encrypted messages 13 Jan
Life Skype, WhatsApp face increased privacy regulation in Europe EC wants to update its aging privacy rules for electronic communications services 13 Dec
Radio Grainne Dwyer, National Digital Week We go under the hood of the Electric Picnic of technology events 11 Nov
Life Facebook halts WhatsApp data sharing in the UK Social network threatened with legal action by the privacy commissioner 8 Nov
Life German privacy watchdog tells Facebook to halt WhatsApp data transfers Hamburg's Data Protection Commissioner says parent company has no claim over users 28 Sep
Life Privacy groups urge FTC to investigate WhatsApp privacy promises Plan to share data with parent Facebook violates earlier commitments, groups say 26 Sep
Life Privacy groups complain to FTC about WhatsApp policy changes Changes in user terms also being scrutinised in UK 30 Aug
Life Social networks need closed thinking to deal with trolls Wisdom of the crowd is showing the way to a harassment-free social Internet: Bring back the walled garden 6 Jul
Life New malware purports to be WhatsApp, Uber and Google Play Malicious app has spread through phishing campaigns over SMS 29 Jun
Life WhatsApp expands to the desktop New app for the Mac and Windows will help the messaging service better match its competition 11 May
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