SA expects WhatsApp to ‘immediately’ remove fake coronavirus news under new rules

Spreading fake news about Covid-19 is already a crime in South Africa. Now the class of...

The WHO has launched a WhatsApp chatbot to warn people about Covid-19 dangers

WhatsApp has historically struggled with the spread of misinformation on its encrypted...

WhatsApp has hit 2 billion users - but the Facebook app still has more

WhatsApp has accumulated 500 million more users since 2018, but still has fewer users...

WhatsApp disclosed 12 security flaws last year, including 7 classified as 'critical,' after Jeff Bezos phone was reportedly hacked

The disclosure of WhatsApp's security flaws follows reports that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos'...

Here's everything we know about how Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia was apparently able to hack Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' phone

UN investigators reported Wednesday that there is "reasonable certainty" that Crown...

Facebook has cancelled efforts to put ads in WhatsApp, more than a year after its founders resigned in protest of the effort

Facebook's move to disband WhatsApp's ad team comes more than 18 months after WhatsApp...

WhatsApp will no longer work on a bunch of phones – but your odds of being okay are pretty good in South Africa

WhatsApp is dropping support for old versions of iOS, Android, and Windows phones. You...

American regulators are considering blocking Facebook from combining WhatsApp, Instagram and its other apps

The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly considering filing an injunction against...