Facebook will not make changes to WhatsApp privacy for another three months, the company confirmed. Facebook plans to gather user data from WhatsApp to enable business-related features. While end-to-end encryption protections will not >>
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Facebook is afraid of apps that can replace WhatsApp
Facebook responded to the backlash over the new WhatsApp privacy policy changes, explaining in a FAQ that the app will not lose end-to-end encryption and other privacy features in the upcoming update. WhatsApp >>
We might know why Google stopped updating its iPhone apps
Apple’s newly released app privacy labels for iPhone and iPad apps caused quite a stir. Facebook publicly attacked the iPhone maker and said that the iOS 14 feature hurts small businesses and the >>
Visualized: The terrifying amount of data Facebook Messenger collects compared to Signal, iMessage, and WhatsApp
Facebook mounted a fierce attack on Apple’s new app privacy labels, accusing the company that it’s putting small businesses and the free internet in danger. The new privacy feature informs users about the >>
Steve Jobs would have loved Tim Cook’s response to the Facebook vs. Apple drama
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Thursday night weighed in on the Facebook vs Apple drama this week that’s resulted in the social networking giant taking out full-page newspaper ads against the iPhone maker. >>
Facebook’s latest trick for Messenger and Instagram just started rolling out
Facebook just launched a new feature for Messenger and Instagram that allows people to chat with their friends via self-destructing messages. Vanish Mode is rolling out on Messenger in the US and other >>
Facebook seems to be letting the Trump campaign run ads that break its rules
The Trump campaign has run at least one ad on Facebook suggesting that he’s won the 2020 election, which is a violation of Facebook’s rules governing political advertising — specifically, that ads which >>
Facebook and Twitter seem to only care about hacked material when it hurts Democrats
Facebook and Twitter kicked up a media firestorm on Wednesday over a decision the platforms made relative to Hunter Biden emails — and, specifically, to either limiting their distribution across the platforms and >>
