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Parents warned as 'Hi mum' WhatsApp scam now spreading to text messages

Action Fraud warned that between February and June 2022 it had received 1,235 reports of criminals posing on WhatsApp as loved ones.

Daily Record

New controls, new powers, some ambiguity: All you need to know about India's proposed Telecom Bill

What if WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Zoom and their ilk had to get a licence from the telecommunications department to operate in India? If the new Telecommunication Bill, put out for consultation by the department yesterday, is passed in its current form, they might just have to.

Newslaundry

Most Indians trust news on Whatsapp, Reuters Institute study finds

News on digital platforms is trusted less than news in general, a new study released on Thursday by Oxford University’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism suggests. In India, the study says, the majority of the people trust news they receive on Whatsapp and use the messaging app to…

Newslaundry

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Iran blocks capital’s internet access as Amini protests grow

Social media platforms have also been cut off in areas of Tehran and Kurdistan as videos of dissent go viral

The Guardian - UK

Seven die, social media cut as Iran’s hijab protest goes global

Seven people have been killed as protests erupt across Iran after the death of a woman detained for failing to wear her hijab properly.

The New Daily

At Least 9 Killed as Iran Protests Spread Over Mahsa Amini’s Death

Clashes between Iranian security forces and protesters angry over the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody have killed at least nine people since the violence erupted over the weekend, according to a tally Thursday by The Associated Press. Widespread outages of Instagram and WhatsApp, which protesters use to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Google, Amazon and Microsoft under pressure as Ofcom probes cloud computing market

Communications software Whatsapp, Zoom and Facetime will also be investigated

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Iran restricts WhatsApp, Instagram as Mahsa Amini protests grow

NetBlocks says the outage is the ‘most severe’ since the internet was blocked during 2019’s fuel protests.

Al Jazeera

Internet restricted in Iran as officials work to crack down on spreading protests

Internet access is being restricted in Iran as violent protests sparked by the death of a woman in police custody spread across the country.

ABC News

Investigation finds cannabis sweets 'marketed at children' being sold on social media

Children as young as eight have been taken to hospital after mistakenly eating the sweets that are packaged to make them attractive to youngsters

Wales Online

Serving cop and ex constable sent grossly offensive messages in WhatsApp group with Sarah Everard’s killer

Metropolitan police officer Jonathon Cobban, 35, and former constable Joel Borders, 45, were found guilty

Chronicle Live

Telegram: What it is and how to use it

Here's how to install and use Telegram to get encrypted, self-destructing, non-intrusive messaging.

Tom’s Guide

'Controlling' boyfriend stamped on girlfriend's head and wouldn't let her see terminally ill father

Jonathan Armstrong punched his then-partner repeatedly in the face and even attempted to bite her in one incident

Chronicle Live

Serving and ex-Met officers guilty of sending grossly offensive messages

Jonathon Cobban and Joel Borders were members of a WhatsApp group along with Sarah Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens.

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The Guardian - UK

Met officers guilty of sharing offensive messages with Wayne Couzens

PC Jonathon Cobban and ex-officer Joel Borders convicted over WhatsApp messages shared with Sarah Everard’s killer

Wales Online

Police officers guilty of sharing grossly offensive WhatsApp messages with Sarah Everard’s killer

They were members of a chat called 'Bottle and Stoppers'

The Independent UK

Wayne Couzens’ Met Police colleagues found guilty over ‘grossly offensive’ WhatsApp messages

Posts were discovered when detectives seized Couzens’ phone following the murder of Sarah Everard

Evening Standard

Police officers guilty of sharing ‘grossly offensive’ messages in WhatsApp group with Wayne Couzens

Cobban, 35, and former Pc Borders, 45, were members of the chat called ‘Bottle and Stoppers’ along with Sarah Everard’s killer

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Axios

Meta: We’re not-so-big tech now

The company's big stock drop and competition from TikTok gives it new defenses against the charge of monopoly.

Daily Mirror

Parents warned that notorious 'Hi mum' WhatsApp scam now spreading to text messages

Earlier this year, Action Fraud warned that between February and June 2022 it had received 1,235 reports of criminals posing on WhatsApp as loved ones in need as they preyed on caring parents

Tom’s Guide

The best encrypted messaging apps in 2025

The best encrypted messaging apps for Android and iOS can stop third-parties from reading your conversations.

Irish Mirror

Sick scammers using fake HSE Covid test results to target vulnerable people in texts

Be careful out there

Benzinga

ANOTHER Meme Stock?! This One Is Up 150% In The Last Month

Meme traders are addicted to searching Reddit, Discord, and WhatsApp for undervalued, easily manipulatable stocks to squeeze. First, GameStop and AMC led the charge in 2021, opening up an entire base of new investors.

The Times of India

How Vinesh Phogat beat 'nature' and her own 'demons' to win a historic World Championships medal

Every attempt failed. The closest this author got to getting Vinesh Phogat on the other side of a phone call was when she reached the Belgrade airport to catch her flight back home. "Woh shopping karne gayi hai (she has gone shopping)," said coach Jitender Yadav. The phone didn't connect…

France 24

The scourge of fake news in Brazil’s presidential election

Just a few weeks ahead of the presidential elections, authorities in Brazil are trying to limit the flood of disinformation circulating online. Although the country is better prepared to deal with fake news than it was during the 2018 campaign, which saw Jair Bolsonaro win the presidency, certain types of…

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