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In 2021, Russian security officers gained access to the iPhone of opposition politician and civil society activist Andrei Pivovarov, the former director of pro-democracy group Open Russia.

The social media ban for under-16s is not a “silver bullet”, the Technology Secretary acknowledged as she faced a backlash from firms which will be hit by the restriction.

The message circulating on WhatsApp listed 26 locations in and around Belfast with an unambiguous instruction: “Forward to all men of the age 18 and over.

Three in four European adults encountered a scam over the past 12 months, according to a sweeping new report that warns of a rapidly evolving digital underworld where criminal networks are increasingly harnessing artificial intelligence to target victims.

Meta Platforms has offered to give rival AI chatbots free access to its social messaging service WhatsApp for a month while it discusses ways to resolve EU antitrust concerns, the U.S. tech giant said on Tuesday, in a move that could stave off a hefty fine.

China has blocked Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence app Manus, as Washington and Beijing vie for dominance over the emerging technology.

Bei einem Auftritt auf dem TAdviser Summit sprach sich Shadayev im Einklang mit der Kreml-Politik dafür aus, ausländische Cloud-Dienste schrittweise einzuschränken, sofern inländische Alternativen vorhanden sind.

Russian digital development minister Maksut Shadayev has once again drawn attention after publicly calling for tighter restrictions on foreign internet services, while reportedly continuing to use products and platforms from the very companies he criticises.

If you are one of Meta’s almost 79,000 employees and cannot get hold of the boss, do not worry.

The European Commission has instructed some of its top officials to shut down a Signal group they were using to exchange information due to concerns it was a hacking target.

A US district judge in Washington has ruled that Facebook-parent Meta Platforms did not violate antitrust laws with its acquisitions of photo-sharing app Instagram and messaging service WhatsApp more than a decade ago.

A Met Police call centre boss who sent a colleague unwanted gifts and messages purporting to be from Ronan Keating has been spared jail.

A couple who were arrested, fingerprinted, and placed in a police cell after complaining about their child’s school on WhatsApp have spoken out about their ordeal.

A major outage has left WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok all out of action.

WhatsApp has crashed just as Brits are making their Friday night and weekend plans.

The Labour MP who was dismissed due to offensive messages sent in a WhatsApp group chat is being investigated by the Parliamentary standards commissioner.

Detectives searching for a missing British journalist in Brazil have revealed her phone is still switched on as her family urges police to ramp up their search efforts.

Nearly a dozen Labour councillors have been suspended from the party for involvement in a WhatsApp group that has already seen two MPs lose the whip.

Labour has suspended a second MP, Oliver Ryan, over his membership of a WhatsApp group containing offensive comments, the party has confirmed.

A second Labour MP has apologised for comments made in a WhatsApp chat, after Andrew Gwynne was sacked as a minister over messages he sent to the same group.