Telegram has overtaken WhatsApp to become Russia’s most popular messaging tool, the mobile operator Megafon said on Monday, with Russians flocking to the service as Moscow restricts some digital services. WhatsApp owner Meta Platforms Inc. is embroiled in a Russian court case, with prosecutors seeking to label it an “extremist organisation”, and authorities have actively…
Telegram Surpasses WhatsApp to Become Russia’s Top Messenger: Megafon
March 21, 2022
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WhatsApp Has Until End of Feb to Clarify Privacy Policy Change, EU Says
BRUSSELS—Facebook unit WhatsApp has been given until the end of February to explain changes to its privacy policy and whether this complies with EU consumer protection laws after complaints from consumer groups, the European Commission said on Thursday. The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and eight of its members took their grievances to the EU executive…
Signal Founder Stepping Down as Company CEO
Signal founder Moxie Marlinspike has announced that he will be stepping down as CEO in a move that some tech analysts say could be related to the rise of MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency in which Marlinspike is a technical adviser. “After a decade or more, it’s difficult to overstate how important Signal is to me, but…
Uber to Allow Users to Book Rides via WhatsApp in India
BENGALURU—U.S. ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Ltd said on Thursday it would roll out a feature that will allow users in India to book rides via messaging service WhatsApp. The move could help Uber tap into the more than 500 million user base of Meta Platforms-owned WhatsApp in India. “Starting this week, we are rolling out…
Telegram Messaging App Gained 70 Million New Users Amid Facebook Outage, Founder Says
October 6, 2021
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Messaging app Telegram says it gained 70 million new users during the widespread outage across a suite of Facebook’s social media and messaging services. Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov said in a statement that it saw a “record increase in user registration and activity” when Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, which are all owned by…
Facebook Issues Statement Blaming Major Outage on ‘Configuration Changes’
Facebook on Monday blamed the widespread outage across a suite of its social media and messaging services on faulty configuration changes on its routers. “Our engineering teams have learned that configuration changes on the backbone routers that coordinate network traffic between our data centers caused issues that interrupted this communication,” Facebook said in a blog…
Facebook Says Major Outage Due to ‘Configuration Changes’
Facebook on Monday blamed the widespread outage across a suite of its social media and messaging services on faulty configuration changes on its routers. “Our engineering teams have learned that configuration changes on the backbone routers that coordinate network traffic between our data centers caused issues that interrupted this communication,” Facebook said in a blog…
The Fall of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp: What We Know so Far
By Entrepreneur en Español Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger on Monday suffered the longest of their service interruptions on record, a drop that affected millions of users around the world. Why Did Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger Go Down? It’s not uncommon for Facebook to have localized outages, but with nearly 3 billion monthly users,…
Irish Data Watchdog to Probe TikTok Over Handling of User Data
TikTok, the Chinese-owned video sharing platform, faces two inquiries from a data regulator in the European Union (EU) over its processing of children’s information and transferring of user data to China. The IrishData Protection Commission (DPC) said it will first look at the processing of personal data in the context of platform settings for users…
NTD Business Full Broadcast (Sept. 8)
Businesses across the country struggling to hire workers, with the overall economy seeing record number of job openings. The highly anticipated Elizabeth Holmes trial begins today, what’s she accused of and what’s her lawyer saying in her defense? Is Facebook reading your Whatsapp messages? A new investigation says it is, despite the company repeatedly saying…
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