Tag: WhatsApp

• Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:43 UTC

  Facebook faces mass lawsuits and could be forced to sell WhatsApp and Instagram

  

  Facebook could be forced to sell its prized assets WhatsApp and Instagram after the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and nearly every US state filed lawsuits against the social media company, saying it used a “buy or bury” strategy to snap up rivals and keep smaller competitors at bay.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2020 - 08:19 UTC

  China's Didi and WhatsApp team up in Brazil to compete with Uber

  

  Brazilian ride-hailing service 99, controlled by China's Didi Chuxing Technology Co Ltd, has partnered with WhatsApp to accept orders on the chat platform owned by Facebook in a move that would allow users to summon cars without using another app.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Brazil's antitrust watchdog is asking Facebook to explain it fee structure

  

  Brazil's antitrust watchdog is asking Facebook Inc to explain the fee structure for its short-lived payments service launched in June in partnership with card processor Cielo SA, according to a document seen by Reuters.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 08:12 UTC

  Brazil's WhatsApp payment messaging service lifts antitrust ruling, but still faces central bank objections

  

  Brazilian antitrust watchdog Cade on Tuesday said it was revoking its previous decision suspending Facebook Inc’s recently launched WhatsApp payments messaging service in partnership with card processor Cielo SA.

• Friday, January 24th 2020 - 08:12 UTC

  UN officials do not use WhatsApp: “it's not supported by a secure mechanism”

  

  United Nations officials do not use WhatsApp to communicate because “it's not supported as a secure mechanism,” a UN spokesman said on Thursday, after UN experts accused Saudi Arabia of using the online communications platform to hack the phone of Amazon chief executive and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos.

• Wednesday, May 15th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  WhatsApp calls on users to upgrade the app because of a sophisticated security breach

  

  WhatsApp on Tuesday encouraged its users to upgrade the app to plug a security breach that allowed sophisticated attackers to sneak spyware into phones, in the latest trouble for its parent Facebook. The vulnerability - first reported by the Financial Times - allowed hackers to insert malicious software on phones by calling the target using the app, which is used by 1.5 billion people around the world.

• Monday, April 15th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Sunday outages for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users

  

  Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users on Sunday experienced difficulties accessing the social network sites and messaging service. According to the Down Detector website, Facebook began experiencing technical issues at about 6.30am US Eastern Time with users affected worldwide.

• Wednesday, November 14th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  Bolsonaro's campaign accounts are under review for possible illegal donations

  

  Brazil’s top electoral authority said it has found irregularities in the campaign accounts of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro and gave him three days to explain. In a document published late Monday, the TSE electoral court described possible campaign donations from illegal sources, donations from unidentified donors and lack of information on how campaign funds were spent, among other issues.

• Friday, October 5th 2018 - 08:34 UTC

  Haddad accuses Bolsonaro's team of fake news about him and his family

  

  The leading leftist candidate for Brazil's presidency accused front-runner Jair Bolsonaro of spreading falsehoods about him and his family on social media, as new polls showed the far-right candidate's lead widening with days before the vote. The accusations marked a shift in strategy for Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad, who had earlier avoided direct attacks on Bolsonaro.

• Wednesday, April 25th 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  Whatsapp is banning under-16s from using its platform in the European Union

  

  Popular messaging service Whatsapp is banning under-16s from using its platform in the European Union. Users must currently be at least 13, but the firm is changing the rules ahead of the introduction of new EU data privacy regulations in May.