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ChatGPT was 2025's most downloaded free app in the US iOS App Store, up from No. 4 in 2024, followed by Threads, Google, TikTok, WhatsApp, and Instagram (techcrunch.com)
2 days ago IOS Google Instagram WhatsApp

Australia's under-16 social media ban excludes Discord, GitHub, LEGO Play, Roblox, Steam, Google Classroom, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and YouTube Kids (www.bloomberg.com)
3 days ago Australia Google Facebook YouTube WhatsApp Ban GitHub

An interview with 10 Kenyan AI annotators shows Chinese companies hire data labelers via opaque middleman networks and WhatsApp groups to avoid accountability (restofworld.org)
5 days ago China Interview AI WhatsApp

The European Commission opens a new antitrust investigation into Meta over its rollout of its AI assistant in WhatsApp; the probe will not fall under the DMA (t.co)
8 days ago Europe AI WhatsApp

EU Hits Meta With Antitrust Probe Over Plans To Block AI Rivals From WhatsApp (yro.slashdot.org)
8 days ago AI WhatsApp

Sources: the European Commission plans a new antitrust probe into Meta over its rollout of AI features in WhatsApp; the probe will not fall under the DMA (www.ft.com)
9 days ago Europe AI WhatsApp

India's Department of Telecommunications directs WhatsApp and other messaging apps to implement SIM binding to ensure each account remains tied to an active SIM (www.medianama.com)
13 days ago India WhatsApp

Italy's competition regulator says it is scrutinizing a Meta policy excluding rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp, broadening the scope of a probe started in July (www.wsj.com)
16 days ago Italy AI chatbot WhatsApp

CISA Warns Spyware Crews Are Breaking Into Signal and WhatsApp Accounts (yro.slashdot.org)
17 days ago WhatsApp

WhatsApp API flaw let researchers scrape 3.5 billion accounts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
19 days ago WhatsApp

A survey of US adults on social media: 84% use YouTube, 71% use Facebook, 50% use Instagram, 37% use TikTok, 32% use WhatsApp, 26% use Reddit, and 21% use X (www.pewresearch.org)
22 days ago Facebook YouTube Instagram WhatsApp Reddit

Multi-threat Android malware Sturnus steals Signal, WhatsApp messages (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
23 days ago Android WhatsApp

A US judge rules Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp don't violate antitrust law, as the FTC failed to prove the deals let Meta monopolize the market (news.bloomberglaw.com)
24 days ago Instagram WhatsApp

Federal Judge Rules Meta's Instagram and WhatsApp Purchases Did Not Stifle Competition (tech.slashdot.org)
24 days ago Instagram WhatsApp

A Simple WhatsApp Security Flaw Exposed 3.5 Billion Phone Numbers (yro.slashdot.org)
24 days ago WhatsApp

Researchers demonstrated a major WhatsApp flaw that exposed 3.5B users' phone numbers, with 57% also showing a profile photo; Meta fixed the enumeration problem (www.wired.com)
24 days ago WhatsApp

Meta plans to launch WhatsApp third-party app integration in Europe “over the coming months” as required by the DMA, starting with BirdyChat and Haiket (www.theverge.com)
29 days ago Europe WhatsApp

A look at Indian messaging app Arattai, which officials are backing as a domestic WhatsApp alternative; Arattai maker Zoho says it had 350K sign-ups in October (www.ft.com)
30 days ago India WhatsApp

Sources: the EU plans to designate WhatsApp's Channels as a Very Large Online Platform under the DSA, meaning it must meet moderation and transparency standards (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-11-11 WhatsApp

New LandFall spyware exploited Samsung zero-day via WhatsApp messages (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-11-8 Samsung WhatsApp

WhatsApp launches an Apple Watch companion app, letting users get call notifications, read full messages, and record and send voice messages (techcrunch.com)
2025-11-5 Apple WhatsApp

WhatsApp adds passwordless chat backups on iOS and Android (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-10-31 Android IOS WhatsApp

WhatsApp launches passkey-encrypted backups for iOS and Android, letting users encrypt their stored message history using their face, fingerprint, or a code (www.theverge.com)
2025-10-31 Android IOS WhatsApp

Meta launches new anti-scam tools for WhatsApp and Messenger (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-10-23 WhatsApp

WhatsApp updates its Business API terms to ban general-purpose chatbots starting January 15, 2026, affecting WhatsApp assistants of OpenAI, Perplexity, others (techcrunch.com)
2025-10-19 chatbot WhatsApp Ban

A US judge bars NSO Group from targeting WhatsApp users and cuts the ~$168M damages verdict awarded to Meta by a jury in May to $4M, ruling it was excessive (courthousenews.com)
2025-10-18 WhatsApp

WhatsApp is testing imposing per-month limits on how many messages individual users and businesses can send to unknown people without getting a response (techcrunch.com)
2025-10-18 WhatsApp

New Android spyware ClayRat imitates WhatsApp, TikTok, YouTube (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-10-10 Android YouTube WhatsApp

T-Mobile expands its Starlink satellite service to support apps such as WhatsApp, Google Maps, and X, after launching it in July with basic features like SMS (www.reuters.com)
2025-10-1 Google Mobile WhatsApp

Zoho's Arattai: Can India's homegrown messaging app rival WhatsApp? (indianexpress.com)
2025-9-28 India WhatsApp

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