WhatsApp on Friday said it was postponing an update to its privacy policy following concerns and calls from users to switch to other encrypted apps like Signal and Telegram. The Facebook-owned app is now giving users until May 15 to review and accept its new policy, which relates to how businesses access user information. “No …
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The Federal Trade Commission has asked all major social media and video streaming platforms to provide information on how they deal with users’ personal data. The order was sent Monday to Facebook, WhatsApp, Snap, Twitter, Amazon, YouTube, TikTok owner ByteDance, Twitch, Reddit and Discord. The FTC wants to know how the internet giants collect, use and track personal and demographic …
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WhatsApp on Wednesday took issue with Apple’s requirement that companies submitting apps to the App Store highlight any user data they collect for its privacy labels. The Facebook-owned messaging service said the requirement is anti-competitive because you don’t see any labels for Apple’s iMessage service, since it’s preinstalled on iPhones, as previously reported by Axios. “Our teams have submitted our …
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Looking for ways to get more out of WhatsApp on your Android phone or iPhone? We have your back. For example, rolling out right now is a new setting that will automatically clear out your messages after a week. It’s a Snapchat-like feature, sure, but who says that’s not welcome in other apps? You can even format the text you send in a message, adding …
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WhatsApp has rolled out a free payment service in India today, in a move that takes the popular messaging app a step closer to “super app” status in the world’s second largest internet market. “People can safely send money to a family member or share the cost of goods from a distance without having to exchange cash in person or …
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The Trump administration’s ban of Tencent’s WeChat app from US app stores due to national security concerns related to China was temporarily blocked by a federal judge on Sunday. The ruling came as part of a lawsuit filed in August by a group of WeChat users who argued that Trump’s ban was unconstitutional. “While the general evidence about the threat …
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WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned chat app, is a cross-platform app that makes it all too easy and convenient to share messages, images, videos and GIFs with friends and loved ones from your phone. But, as with any messaging service, having to stare at your phone’s screen all day while the group conversations are flooded with messages can be a hassle. Especially …
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly testified at a Federal Trade Commission antitrust hearing this week. His virtual testimony went for two days, according to a Politico report Thursday. “We are committed to cooperating with the US Federal Trade Commission’s inquiry and answering the questions the Agency may have,” a Facebook company spokesperson told CNET in an emailed statement. The news …
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This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. Facebook is moving to make news on its platform more trustworthy in the lead up to the 2020 election. News publications with ties to political parties or politicians will now be banned from claiming the news exemption for Facebook’s ads authorization process, the company said …
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WhatsApp has released a new feature to make fact-checking a message a little easier. The Facebook-owned app added on Monday a magnifying-glass button to the chat that allows you to search the web for answers on questionable forwarded information. By tapping the magnifying glass button, the forwarded message is uploaded to your browser, where you can see if the information …
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