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Experts say it'll take more than just breaking up Facebook to rein in Big Tech and protect your data
Lawmakers could force Facebook to share data with other platforms, but experts say that would be a …
Katie Canales
Facebook is hiring senior execs for its digital wallet Novi and its partnership with Jio
The number of job openings at Facebook that used to pop up were down by nearly 50% at the end of…
WhatsApp won't stop users from calling or messaging contacts if they don't agree to its new privacy policy
Backpedaling, WhatsApp now won't limit users from sending and receiving messages if they refuse a n…
Amanda Perelli
Mark Zuckerberg's existential product crisis
In this week's Insider Tech newsletter we look at the widening pushback against Facebook's products…
Alexei Oreskovic
WhatsApp will gradually stop you calling or messaging contacts if you don't agree to its new privacy policy
The WhatsApp privacy policy was delayed over confusion about whether users would share more data wi…
Anna Cooban
WhatsApp scraps May 15 deadline for accepting privacy policy terms
WhatsApp had faced severe backlash over user concerns that data was being shared with parent co…
PTI
Google, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and 222 other Android apps were targeted by a new Trojan malware found stealing user credentials
Alien targeted other apps as well like Gmail, Facebook, Telegram, Twitter, Snapchat and WhatsApp…
How to change your privacy settings on WhatsApp and protect yourself
You can change your WhatsApp privacy settings to determine which groups can see your information, a…
Abigail Abesamis Demarest
WhatsApp makes another attempt to explain its privacy policy
Facing intense scrutiny over alleged data sharing with Facebook via new privacy policy, WhatsApp ha…
WhatsApp launches payments service in Brazil
"To start, we will support debit or credit cards from Banco do Brasil, Nubank, and Sicredi on the V…
PTI
Netflix launches 'Fast Laughs' for mobile users to take on Instagram Reels and TikTok
Leading video streaming platform Netflix has launched a TikTok-rival called Fast Laughs that gives …
If users don't agree to WhatsApp's new privacy policy by May 15, they won't be able to send messages or make calls
WhatsApp tried to get users to sign off on the new policy in January but caused a privacy scare tha…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
WhatsApp is trying to get users to agree to its new privacy policy again, a month after it sent people flocking to Signal and Telegram
WhatsApp already asked users to agree to the new policy in January, but inadvertently started a pri…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
Google Pay has a solid lead over PhonePe, Paytm and Amazon Pay in India— but its biggest challenge is yet to come
Google Pay had 75 million transacting users in May, while PhonePe had 60 million users and Paytm ha…
As Signal downloads surge, employees are reportedly worried the messaging app isn't doing enough to head off extremism
Signal's strong privacy focus might mean it's less able to prevent and track harmful behavior on it…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
WhatsApp's new T&Cs didn't really change anything about sharing your data with Facebook, but you should still use Signal if you care about privacy
WhatsApp was already sharing your data with Facebook - where it went wrong was by giving users an u…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
India is reportedly asking WhatsApp to reverse a controversial change to its privacy policy that critics said would have shared personal user data with Facebook
India, WhatsApp's biggest market, holds more than 400 million of the app's 2 billion users, per Reu…
Allana Akhtar
Signal won't replace WhatsApp, the cofounder of both encrypted messaging apps says. Instead, people will use the 2 services for different conversations.
"I have no desire to do all the things that WhatsApp does," Brian Acton, a cofounder of Signal, tol…
Grace Dean
Signal or WhatsApp? Here's how the messaging apps differ and how to decide which one to use.
While Signal offers users more privacy, WhatsApp has customizable features that allow for easier us…
Allana Akhtar
Signal downloads skyrocketed 4,200% after WhatsApp announced it would force users to share personal data with Facebook. It's top of both Google and Apple's app stores.
Signal topped Apple and Google's app stores and saw 7.5 million downloads in the five days followin…