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WhatsApp will now ask users before adding them to groups
You get only three days to accept the invite after which it expires
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WhatsApp Business launches on iPhones
Service has been available on Android since last year and has over 5 million users
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French Muslim group sues Facebook, YouTube over Christchurch footage
CFCM says companies disseminated material that encouraged terrorism, harmed dignity of human beings
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WhatsApp to reveal transgender pride flag emoji
Almost a month after trick was first spotted by Emojipedia
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Facebook, Twitter doing too little against disinformation: EU
Facebook ads have also been at the centre of the FBI investigation over Russia's alleged meddling in the US election
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WhatsApp bug lets users bypass new privacy controls
The disclosure comes as messaging and other applications race to improve security and privacy
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Indian political parties abuse WhatsApp service ahead of election
India is WhatsApp's biggest market with more than 200 million users
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WhatsApp now more secure with Face ID enabled
The update is live in WhatsApp’s version 2.19 for iOS only
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Facebook to merge WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger
The three services will, however, continue as standalone apps
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WhatsApp limits text forwards to five recipients
In a bid to fight misinformation and rumours
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WhatsApp chats are 'mysteriously' disappearing
Users in India complained about the problem
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Facebook developing cryptocurrency for WhatsApp: Bloomberg
The focus would first be on the Indian market as the company develops a ''stablecoin''
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Messaging service helps ACE Rawalpindi nab corrupt officials
Anti-corruption official says a pilot project using WhatsApp messaging service showed encouraging results
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India government meets with WhatsApp over tracing of fake news
The company has been working to curb the circulation of what technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
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Saudi man gets 40 lashes for threatening ex-wife on WhatsApp
In a first, a Saudi man has been punished under the Anti-Cyber Crime Law in the kingdom
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Fake news a 'constant worry' in Brazil vote, say OAS observers
The Presidential campaign has reached "a scope never before seen" and is a "constant worry"
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Social media in the spotlight in Brazil presidential race
Facebook and its WhatsApp messenger service have been thrust into the spotlight
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Brazil election battle rages over Facebook's WhatsApp
Haddad and his allies have urged an investigation and threatened a flurry of legal action
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WhatsApp dirty tricks alleged in Brazil presidential race
Trailing leftist candidate Fernando Haddad accused the far-right frontrunner
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Facebook's WhatsApp says has fixed video call security bug
The social media company has suffered a string of security-related problems in the last year
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WhatsApp may finally get dark mode
Twitter and YouTube recently introduced dark modes that create a display lessening the strain on a user's eyes
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When governance is forwarded as received
A flood of unverified information began to spread like wildfire on Whatsapp after Imran Khan’s inauguration
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WhatsApp to roll out group call feature
Previously making changes to group chat feature
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How a drive in rural India ended in a mob attack and a lynching
A group of five men on a road trip were lynched by violent mob in India in Murki
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Facebook's grim forecast: privacy push will erode profits for years
As the company first reported revenue and user growth that missed expectations
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Another woman lynched in India after WhatsApp rumours
The accused men told police they caught hold of the woman late Saturday
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WhatsApp curbs India service after lynchings
More than 20 people have been killed by mobs in the past two months across the country
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WhatsApp campaigns to debunk fake news before polls
'To fight fake news we all need to work together - technology companies, the government and community groups'
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India's top court demands government act to stop lynchings
India's Supreme Court asked the government to enact a new law and stem what it called 'horrendous acts' of lynching
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Arrests after India mob lynches man over WhatsApp child abduction rumour
More than 20 people have been lynched in India after being accused of child abduction in the last two months
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WhatsApp launches Indian media blitz to dispel fake news woes
We are starting an education campaign in India on how to spot fake news and rumours, Whatsapp spokesperson says
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WhatsApp to take action over deadly rumours, says India
Its parent company Facebook has also been grappling with a global data privacy scandal
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Indian state cuts internet after three new lynchings
Authorities in north-eastern India have cut internet access after crazed mobs beat three people to death
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Child kidnap rumours spark five more Indian mob attacks
The assault is sparked by talk of hundreds of child kidnappers on the loose in Gujarat
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How a social experiment in Karachi sparked violence in India
Clips of the Pakistani social experiment have circulated around India, with parts of it being edited out
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Science via WhatsApp
WhatsApp hoaxes about child kidnapping has gotten people killed in India
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WhatsApp text triggers lynching in India
The messaging service struggles with incendiary content in India
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WhatsApp resumes after temporarily crashing worldwide
Users were unable to send or receive messages for about half an hour
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Facebook used less for news as youngsters turn to WhatsApp
It is down 9 per cent from 2017 in the US and down 20 per cent for younger audiences
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Germany's Continental bans WhatsApp from work phones
The company said such social media apps made it difficult to comply with tough new EU data protection legislation
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Austrian data privacy activist takes aim at 'forced consent'
Austrian Max Schrems filed complaints against Google, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
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WhatsApp makes changes to group chat
Users can now leave a group permanently to avoid being repeatedly added back
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WhatsApp co-founder to quit in loss of privacy advocate at Facebook
Jan Koum’s plan to exit comes after clashing with parent company which intends to weaken Whatsapp's encryption
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WhatsApp raises minimum age in Europe to 16
To help it comply with new data privacy rules coming into force next month
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Husband kills wife for excessive use of Facebook, WhatsApp
The man claims he was upset that his wife was ignoring him, their children and her duties as a mother and wife
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Drug dealer caught using fingerprint scan on WhatsApp image
These are believed to be the first convictions in Wales from fingerprints taken from a photograph
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The Facebook affair
FB does not have borders as a state it has an exosphere, and surrounds other entities. Think amoeba.
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Muslim women in UK told to hide hijabs, stay indoors ahead of 'Punish a Muslim Day'
According to WhatsApp messages, people will be 'rewarded' for carrying out racist and violent actions against...
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WhatsApp co-founder asks users to delete Facebook
Amid its involvement in the Cambridge Analytica controversy
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WhatsApp finally gives users more time to delete sent messages
The minimum time will go up from seven minutes to an hour and eight minutes