Spain Man jailed for WhatsApp threats to kill Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez The 66-year-old suspect had expressed anger at Spain's decision to exhume the remains of former dictator Francisco Franco. 12/04/2022
Work UK government needs to 'get a grip on Whatsapp', report says Like the rest of us, Boris Johnson's government is using messaging apps more and more. The problem is, they make it too easy to delete important information. 23/03/2022
Biztech news Telegram is being used by both sides in the Ukraine war. Is it safe? President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used the app to call on Ukrainians to resist Russia’s attack, while Russians are using it to access news. 07/03/2022
United Kingdom Three London police officers charged over offensive Whatsapp messages The suspects are accused of exchanging "grossly offensive" messages with Wayno Couzens, a former police officer convicted of murdering Sarah Everard. 17/02/2022
Money Meta’s Whatsapp trials crypto payments in the US Novi said the aim of the payment system is to help millions of people who cannot access global financial systems. 10/12/2021
Biztech news WhatsApp updates privacy policy after record €225 million fine Users of the messaging app will be notified of the changes but won't have to take any action, the company said. 22/11/2021
United Kingdom 'Despicable': Two police officers admit taking selfies at murder scene The family of the murdered victims said the police officer's actions were "despicable" and had brought them "even more anxiety". 02/11/2021
Biztech news Here's how Facebook disappeared from the Internet The sheer scale of Facebook meant its downtime had ripple effects hitting businesses, advertisers and even locking the company's employees out of their offices. 05/10/2021
Biztech news Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp back online after global outage The major outage on Monday affected millions of users of the three social media platforms around the world. 04/10/2021
Turkey Turkey fines WhatsApp €197,000 over controversial privacy update The Turkish data protection authority said that WhatsApp no longer offered users "free will". 03/09/2021
Biztech news Ireland fines WhatsApp €225m for breaking EU data protection rules Infringements relating to multiple GDPR articles were found. The Facebook-owned messaging platform was also cited for failing to meet its "transparency obligations". 02/09/2021
Biztech news Tech this week: Could Facebook sell Instagram and WhatsApp? Elon Musk plans the creation of a humanoid robot while Facebook is the subject of another complaint from the FTC. 22/08/2021
Biztech news Facebook 'banned' the Taliban from WhatsApp. They kept using it Social media companies are struggling to shut down accounts linked to the sanctioned group which took the Afghan capital Kabul last weekend. 18/08/2021
Biztech news WhatsApp goes phoneless, Microsoft gatecrashes World Emoji Day party What you need to know in tech this week: WhatsApp pilots multi-device access and Microsoft's paperclip symbol gatecrashes World Emoji Day party. 17/07/2021
Biztech news WhatsApp faces EU consumer complaints over privacy changes A European consumer organisation says WhatsApp is unfairly pressuring users to accept its new privacy policy. 12/07/2021
Biztech news Germany bans Facebook from handling WhatsApp data The regulator suggested that the decision wasn’t just about protecting users' privacy but also to avoid the use of data "to influence voters' decisions to manipulate democratic choices", citing the upcoming 26 September parliamentary elections in Germany. 11/05/2021
The Cube Lockdown easing plan circulating on WhatsApp in Portugal is "false" Portugal's government says there is "no truth" to the document, which has been shared widely on social media. 26/02/2021
The Cube Turkey investigates WhatsApp and Facebook over data privacy update The new policy means users outside the EU and UK must agree to more of their data being shared to Facebook for advertising purposes. 11/01/2021
Germany Nine German police officers investigated over far-right chat groups German police have carried out searches in several apartments in Duisburg after nine officers were suspected of being members of extremist WhatsApp groups. 24/11/2020
The Cube Misinformation circulates in aftermath of Mali coup In times of high tension, misinformation can trend online. Journalist Hannane Ferdjani broke down the false claims that caught traction following the coup in Mali. 19/08/2020
The Cube WhatsApp put limit on forwarding to slow coronavirus misinformation WhatsApp is aiming to slow down the spread of viral messages with misinformation on the platform amid the coronavirus pandemic. 07/04/2020
world news WhatsApp bids to stop its platform being used to spread COVID-19 lies The initiative to prevent the spread of fake news is in collaboration with the World Health Organization. 18/03/2020
USA WhatsApp security flaw 'let hackers install surveillance on phones' Euronews tells you what happened and how to protect yourself. 14/05/2019
Venezuela WhatsApp group reveals wave of emotion around Venezuela's uprising Amidst emotion, fear and confusion — and a mistrust of the media — Venezuelans turned to their WhatsApp groups in search of more clarity about this week's uprising. 03/05/2019
View Technology can help connect governments and citizens in a true participatory democracy ǀ View Technology can play a big part in helping to create and sustain effective connections between citizens and governments – both national and local. These connections can exist without technology, but it is a powerful, flexible and accessible enabler. 16/04/2019
USA CEO and co-founder of WhatsApp, the world's most popular messaging service, quits Jan Koum said he will be "taking some time off to do things I enjoy outside of technology." 01/05/2018
