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The EU says it is considering designating WhatsApp a “very large platform”, after WhatsApp published user numbers above the DSA threshold in February 2025 (www.reuters.com)
2 days ago WhatsApp

Sources: wealthy Californians are quietly mobilizing on WhatsApp and calls in a long-shot bid to oust Rep. Ro Khanna, who supports a controversial wealth tax (www.nytimes.com)
3 days ago Tax WhatsApp

WhatsApp rolls out new group chat features: member tags that show user roles, text stickers generated from any word, and custom event reminders (techcrunch.com)
3 days ago WhatsApp

Italy Tells Meta To Suspend Its Policy That Bans Rival AI Chatbots From WhatsApp (yro.slashdot.org)
17 days ago Italy AI chatbot WhatsApp

Italy's antitrust authority orders Meta to suspend contractual terms that bar rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp; Meta calls the decision “fundamentally flawed” (www.reuters.com)
18 days ago Italy AI chatbot WhatsApp

Sources: India raises concerns about the misuse of Indian phone numbers on WhatsApp, which banned 9.8M Indian accounts per month on average in 2025 to October (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
18 days ago India WhatsApp

Malicious npm package steals WhatsApp accounts and messages (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
20 days ago WhatsApp

WhatsApp device linking abused in account hijacking attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
25 days ago WhatsApp

Leona Health, maker of an AI-copilot that integrates with doctors' WhatsApp accounts in LATAM to manage patient communications, raised a $14M seed led by a16z (techcrunch.com)
26 days ago AI WhatsApp

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)
2025-12-11 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)
2025-12-10 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)
2025-12-8 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)
2025-12-5 Europe AI WhatsApp

EU Hits Meta With Antitrust Probe Over Plans To Block AI Rivals From WhatsApp (yro.slashdot.org)
2025-12-5 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)
2025-12-4 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)
2025-11-30 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)
2025-11-27 Italy AI chatbot WhatsApp

CISA Warns Spyware Crews Are Breaking Into Signal and WhatsApp Accounts (yro.slashdot.org)
2025-11-26 WhatsApp

WhatsApp API flaw let researchers scrape 3.5 billion accounts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-11-24 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)
2025-11-21 Facebook YouTube Instagram WhatsApp Reddit

Multi-threat Android malware Sturnus steals Signal, WhatsApp messages (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-11-21 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)
2025-11-19 Instagram WhatsApp

Federal Judge Rules Meta's Instagram and WhatsApp Purchases Did Not Stifle Competition (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-11-19 Instagram WhatsApp

A Simple WhatsApp Security Flaw Exposed 3.5 Billion Phone Numbers (yro.slashdot.org)
2025-11-19 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)
2025-11-19 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)
2025-11-14 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)
2025-11-13 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

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