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WhatsApp to launch digital payments service in India
Messaging giant WhatsApp plans to launch its first payment service this year in India, its biggest market with 400 million users, the company said...
WhatsApp spyware attack: What happened, and who is to blame?
Facebook-owned WhatsApp's revelation of a security flaw allowing hackers to inject spyware on smartphones raised fresh concerns about the security of the mobile ecosystem.
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WhatsApp urges update after ‘serious’ security breach
SILICON VALLEY: WhatsApp on Tuesday encouraged its users to upgrade the app to plug a security breach that allowed sophisticated attackers to sneak spyware...
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp users report outage
Facebook was inaccessible to some users on Sunday, according to Downdetector, a website that monitors outages.
The site showed there had been more than 7,700 incidents...
WhatsApp restricts message-forwarding to fight fake news
WhatsApp is limiting all its members to forwarding any single message up to five times in an effort to tackle the spread of false...
Pakistani women face most harassment on Facebook, WhatsApp: report
A report released by the Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) claims that complaints of online harassment by women in Pakistan are mostly in reference to...
Cases of WhatsApp hacking, blackmailing surge
LAHORE: As many as 2,302 complaints of online harassment, violence and bullying were received in last two years since the establishment of Cyber Harassment...
Facebook’s WhatsApp flooded with fake news in Brazil election
BRASILIA: Facebook Inc’s popular messaging service WhatsApp has become a political battleground in Brazil’s most polarized election in decades, raising concerns that it is...
India’s top court seeks WhatsApp’s response on petition alleging it breaches...
MUMBAI: India’s top court has asked WhatsApp to respond to a petition that alleges it breaches certain Indian regulations, creating another headache for the...
WhatsApp to clamp down on ‘sinister’ messages in India
NEW DELHI: Facebook-owned WhatsApp assured the Indian government on Tuesday that it would develop tools to combat the problem of fake messages, the country’s...
Karachi gangs using WhatsApp to demand extortion
KARACHI: Criminals of the port city have updated themselves with the times and are demanding extortions via WhatsApp instead of short message service (SMS) or...
India asks telcos to find ways to block Facebook, WhatsApp in...
NEW DELHI (Reuters): India has asked its telecom operators to find ways of blocking applications such as Facebook and messaging app WhatsApp in the...
WhatsApp launches group video, voice call feature
WhatsApp users will now be able to make group video and voice calls, the online messaging app announced via its blog on Monday.
"We're excited...
India, lynchings and WhatsApp
NEW DELHI: WhatsApp said Friday that it is restricting the ability of users in India to forward content, the latest attempt to curb mob...
WhatsApp curbs message forwarding in bid to deter India lynch mobs
MUMBAI: Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp is rolling out a global test measure to rein in messages forwarded by users, the messaging app said, after the...
Indian police arrest 25 in latest WhatsApp rumor-led lynching
MUMBAI: Police in India have arrested more than two dozen men who were part of a mob that lynched a 32-year-old man after rumors...
WhatsApp launches Indian media blitz to dispel fake news woes
MUMBAI: Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp messaging platform on Tuesday published advertisements in key Indian newspapers to tackle the spread of misinformation, its first such effort...