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How Facebook Messenger and Meta Pay are used to buy child sexual abuse material

Court documents and interviews detail the products’ role in alleged exploitation – and how some payments go undetected

The Guardian - US

Facebook, Instagram and Facebook Messenger all got hit by a big outage – but they're back up again

Facebook, Instagram and Facebook Messenger all got hit by a big outage – but they're back up again

Facebook and Instagram suffered an outage due to technical difficulties, but we've yet to hear the full details.

Tech Titans Yield To New EU Rules Before March Deadline

Tech Titans Yield To New EU Rules Before March Deadline

2024 will be a year of change for the world's biggest tech companies as they bow to EU rules that come into force next month, shaking up how Europeans use vastly popular platforms from Google to Instagram.

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WhatsApp poses a major threat to Apple's iMessage dominance

This article discusses the growing threat to Apple's iMessage from competitors like WhatsApp, as Meta aims to challenge its dominance in the US market.

Child safety groups and prosecutors criticize encryption of Facebook and Messenger

Meta submitted nearly 95% of 29m reports of child sexual abuse material in 2022 and encryption will make it harder to detect

The Guardian - US

Facebook Messenger gets its biggest ever update – including a major privacy boost

Major upgrades are heading to the Facebook Messenger app, and the roll out is starting straight away.

Meta is separating Instagram and Facebook messages as the EU watches on

Meta has announced it is disconnecting Instagram and Facebook's messaging, with the EU possibly a concern.

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Meta is breaking up the love between Instagram and Facebook Messenger chats

Meta is breaking up the love between Instagram and Facebook Messenger chats

Meta is removing the cross-app feature of chatting with your Facebook friends via Instagram.

Android Central

8 countries with the strictest VPN laws

8 countries with the strictest VPN laws

Not all countries allow VPN use within their borders. Here are the 8 major countries where VPNs are illegal or under heavy surveillance.

Meta’s encryption plans will create ‘safe haven’ for paedophiles, Braverman says

Meta’s encryption plans will create ‘safe haven’ for paedophiles, Braverman says

Suella Braverman accused the company of failing to provide assurances that underage users will be protected from predators.

The Independent UK

Meta’s new end-to-end encryption ‘means thousands of criminals could go undetected’

Meta’s new end-to-end encryption ‘means thousands of criminals could go undetected’

Suella Braverman urges social media giant to reconsider plans to “go dark” amid fears it could leave children vulnerable to predators

The Independent UK

Child Safety Or Privacy? UK Holds Firm On Online Safety Bill Amid Big Tech Backlash

By July 2023, Apple threatened to withdraw iMessage and FaceTime from the U.K. market if the bill became law.

Facebook Messenger is breaking up with SMS

Facebook Messenger is breaking up with SMS

Facebook Messenger will no longer support SMS integration by the end of September. The app will redirect users to use their default messaging app.

Android Central

Facebook Messenger is losing a useful messaging feature soon

Facebook Messenger is losing a useful messaging feature soon

Facebook Messenger is losing SMS message support on September 28, 2023.

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Nasty malware disguised as chat app can track your live location - is it on your phone?

WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, and Facebook Messenger users are being targeted by a fake instant messaging app.

Google wants to better secure your messages by standardizing encryption

Google wants messaging apps to use a standardized encryption protocol — but will it work?

'I never knew it could do that!' This hidden iPhone trick is genius and you just have to shake your device to make it work

Am I the last to discover this iPhone trick that might just save you wasting ages trying to recover from little mistakes?

The Independent UK

Braverman writes to Zuckerberg expressing concerns over Meta’s encryption plans

The Home Secretary told the Commons about the critical role that tech companies such as Meta play in supporting UK law enforcement agencies.

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Evening Standard

What is encryption? Minister warns Facebook and Instagram against introducing security feature

Tom Tugendhat says platforms will no longer be able to spot child grooming if they introduce encryption

Millions of Apple users warned of a major messaging downgrade

Bad news for Facebook Messenger users: Meta's killing it off in a matter of weeks

How to deactivate Facebook

Facebook can be addictive and tough to break away from, here's how to deactivate Facebook and take a well-earned break from social media.

Forget Zoom, WhatsApp now offers 8-person video calls on Windows

WhatsApp for Windows just got a big update, now offering 8 person video calls and 32 person voice calls.

Evening Standard

Facebook secretly drained users’ phone batteries, ex-worker alleges

A data scientist claims he was fired for refusing to carry out the process known as ‘negative testing’

'Revenge porn' cowards who shared explicit images on Snapchat and WhatsApp

These bitter and twisted men humiliated their victims by sharing intimate images of them

In our Tidio review, we test its chatbot and live chat, and conclude whether it stands out from the helpdesk software crowd.

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