With Facebook’s GIPHY acquisition, many private messaging apps are now integrated with a Facebook product
They’re mainly the apps used by people who want to avoid Facebook.
WhatsApp was so desperate to suppress conspiracy theories it suppressed everything
Facebook is taking a sledgehammer approach to even private conversations.
WhatsApp to cut message forwarding to prevent coronavirus “misinformation”
WhatsApp can’t read people’s messages so it’ll just prevent everyone from forwarding too much.
Woman in Spain could face jail time over sharing “fake news” in unprecedented case
Prosecutors shockingly filed a lawsuit.
Signal’s Brian Acton: It’s not up to technologists to be the ones to render judgment
“I don’t like being a nanny company.”
TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook sued in India for allowing “anti-nationalist content”
Pressures for social networks to censor is increasing.
Apple, Google, and Facebook asked for data in India college campus investigation
Apple’s privacy stance will be put to the test in India.
Kashmir residents to be ordered to register their WhatsApp groups
“The idea is to prevent people from sharing sensitive content which may pose grave threat to peace and communal harmony in the district.”
Nigerian law will allow the blocking of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter to curb “fake news”
The law can be used to block regions or individuals from accessing apps.
WhatsApp bug allowed malicious users to delete chats
A major bug in the word’s most popular messaging app highlights a single point of failure.
Facebook-owned apps dominate 4 out 5 most downloaded apps of 2019
The other was TikTok.
Germany plans law to tackle “right-wing extremism”, force Facebook, Gmail and more to hand over passwords
Digital rights groups have slammed the idea for throwing basic values “overboard.”
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