Sources: Zuckerberg plans to add end-to-end encryption to Instagram and Messenger and integrate their messaging infrastructure and WhatsApp's by end of the year
Here's What To Do Reuters : Zuckerberg to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger: NYT Chief Chapree / Lowyat.NET : Facebook Reportedly Working On Cross-Messaging Feature for WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE : Report: Facebook is working to integrate Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : This week's top stories: AirPods 2, iOS 12.2 beta, MacBook Pro ‘stage light fault,’ more Sami Khan / International Business Times : WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger integration: What does it means for users? Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch : Facebook to encrypt Instagram messages ahead of integration with WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger BBC : Facebook to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger Mike Elgan / ITworld.com : How fake news is changing the internet Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge : Mark Zuckerberg reportedly orders Facebook Messenger and Instagram teams to add end-to-end encryption Firstpost : Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg plans to integrate Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search : Cyber Saturday, January 26, 2019 Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : Facebook's Planning to Integrate its Messaging Platforms to Simplify Cross-Communication Abdul / Gizchina : Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram messaging services to be unified in the coming months Andy Meek / BGR : Congressman: The world would be better off if Facebook didn't buy Instagram Karissa Bell / Mashable : Zuckerberg is breaking promises to Instagram and WhatsApp. Be concerned. Oliver Haslam / Redmond Pie : Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram Users May Soon Be Able To Message Each Other Kaya Yurieff / CNN : What Facebook integrating its messaging apps could mean for users epic.org : During Government Shut Down, Facebook Moves to Integrate WhatsApp User Data Dave Lee / Notes from Silicon Valley : Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram: will it blend? Kieren McCarthy / The Register : Whats(goes)App must come down... World in shock as Zuck decides to intertwine Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Kelsey Sutton / Adweek : Facebook Reveals Plans to Integrate Messaging Services on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Mike Blumenthal / Understanding Google … : Google My Business Deprecating SMS - Caught in the Google Messaging Cluster F%#k? PYMNTS.com : Mark Zuckerberg Wants To Connect Messaging Functions Of Facebook's Apps Amy Gesenhues / Marketing Land : NYTimes Report: Facebook plans to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger Sara Salinas / CNBC : Facebook is integrating the messaging functions of Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp Aviv Ovadya / Bloomberg : How to Stop Misinformation — Rumors on WhatsApp have led to mob violence. Shawn Knight / TechSpot : Facebook wants to unify the underlying messaging infrastructure of WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger Chris Burns / SlashGear : Why Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram cross-service encryption can't happen Colin Stevens / IGN : WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Instagram Messages to Merge Functionality Jared Peters / TalkAndroid.com : Facebook wants to integrate messaging from Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger Martin Giles / MIT Technology Review : Facebook's plan to merge WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger sounds a privacy alarm Hanna Kozlowska / Quartz : Facebook wants to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger and encrypt it all Ryan Maskell / WinBuzzer : Facebook to Enable Cross-Platform Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messaging Genevieve Scarano / Geek.com : Facebook Is Reportedly Integrating Its Social Messaging Apps Mike Snider / USA Today : Facebook reportedly looks to link Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram messaging Robin Langford / Netimperative : Facebook to connect WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger users to each other- report Paul Hill / Neowin : Zuckerberg wants to integrate Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook messaging infrastructures Queenie Wong / CNET : Facebook to merge WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram messaging Aamir Siddiqui / XDA Developers : Facebook plans to unify the messaging infrastructure of WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger Christopher Baugh / iPhone in Canada Blog : Facebook to Integrate the Messaging Functions of Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp: NYT Joe Maring / Android Central : Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp to gain new integrations Josiah Motley / KnowTechie : You may soon be able to send a Facebook Message to Instagram and WhatsApp users David Pierini / Cult of Mac : Facebook could merge WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger by 2020 C. Scott Brown / Android Authority : Zuckerberg plans to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger by 2020 Ellen Tannam / Silicon Republic : Facebook plans to integrate Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger Hannah Murphy / Financial Times : Facebook looks to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger Chris Merriman / Inquirer : Facebook to combine Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger Bryan Menegus / Gizmodo : Mark Zuckerberg's Bold Plan to Save Facebook Is Reportedly Ruining Everything Else Mark Wycislik-Wilson / BetaNews : Insiders say Mark Zuckerberg plans to unify WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors : Mark Zuckerberg Plans to Make Facebook Messenger, Instagram Messaging, and WhatsApp Interoperable Natasha Bach / Fortune : Zuckerberg Plans to Integrate WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger Surur / MSPoweruser : Now we know why WhatsApp's founders quit, and it's not good news! Saqib Shah / Engadget : Facebook is reportedly unifying all its messaging apps Anna Hensel / VentureBeat : Facebook to reportedly unite Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram messaging, add end-to-end encryption Rajesh Pandey / iPhone Hacks : Facebook Integrating Messenger, Whatsapp and Instagram Christian Zibreg / iDownloadBlog.com : NYT: Facebook to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger chats Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac : Facebook reportedly plans to merge WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger chats Scott Scrivens / Android Police : Facebook working on unified, encrypted backend for Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp … James Cook / Telegraph : Facebook to ‘integrate its WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram messaging services’ Tweets: Rat King / @mikeisaac : here is news: Mark zuckerberg plans to connect the messaging services of his three most powerful apps: WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger. not everyone at the company is happy about it.http://www.nytimes.com/... Millie Weaver / @millie__weaver : When I recently asked UT students their thoughts on FB giving access to their private messages on Messenger to other Corps. most said, “I use WhatsApp, not Messenger so I'm not affected”... http://twitter.com/... Christopher Mims / @mims : Why is Facebook trying to move all its messaging services to a common infrastructure, under the direction of Zuckerberg? From the outside this feels like classic programmer yak-shaving instead of dealing with more fundamental problems with Facebook itself. http://twitter.com/... @dhh : Zuck: “Hey, I heard y'all were really amped up about all the.. erhmm.. ‘data integration’ work we've been doing at Facebook lately, so I've taken the liberty to put more Facebook and more data consolidation into your WhatsApp and your Instagram. (You can clap now!)” http://twitter.com/... Rat King / @mikeisaac : also very significant news: Facebook plans to add end-to-end encryption to Facebook Messenger and Instagram messages by the end of the year.busy 2019 for Facebook ahead http://www.nytimes.com/... @torproject : Zuckerberg initially promised independence, but plans are now underway to unify the underlying messaging infrastructure of WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger. http://www.nytimes.com/... .onion: http://www.nytimes3xbfgragh.onion/ ... @slpng_giants : These guys have totally nailed every decision they've made so far, so we don't see how this could be a problem. http://www.nytimes.com/... Zoe Kleinman / @zsk : Very bold move from a firm under such intense scrutiny. Would make it more difficult for regulators to break up, should such a decision ever be made https://www.bbc.co.uk/... Kontra / @counternotions : THEN: Microsoft: Impossible to unbundle Internet Explorer from Windows SOON: Facebook: Impossible to unbundle Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger from Facebook (Lesson learned: Move fast, build things, preferably *before* the government sues to break up.) David Pierce / @pierce : ZUCKERBERG: okay so people don't trust Facebook anymore right? EMPLOYEE: True, but people still like Instagram and WhatsApp, I'm not even sure they realize we own them ZUCK: Let's change everything about them https://www.nytimes.com/... Tommy Vietor / @tvietor08 : This is worrisome for a whole lot of reasons. Privacy. Enhanced ability to spread disinformation. Consolidation generally. http://www.nytimes.com/... Joanna Jarjue / @joannajarjue : Is it just me that has different groups of people in my life on separate platforms so I can control the level of access/shared information depending on the group? This is a terrible idea http://twitter.com/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : In a previous life I worked on adding industry standard interoperability to MSN Messenger via XMPP. The industry effort failed because we had transitioned from an open standards based internet to a VC funded, monetizing eyeballs via ads world.No technical hurdles just greed http://twitter.com/... John Lilly / @johnolilly : Bummed about FB rolling Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger all together. Thought the smarter path was *more* independence for each, not less. Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier : Integrating these is very difficult in part because so much of Instagram is not the real identity internet Zuckerberg likes, which works for integrating messaging. People may have multiple instas, some anon, to explore different parts of their identity http://twitter.com/... Christopher Mims / @mims : “oops I now own the problem of trust and disinformation in the global commons and have to attempt to solve problems no one has ever bested, even as my medium creates ones never before seen by humankind, I think instead I'll dive into the code” Clara Jeffery / @clarajeffery : A turbo charged way to spread lies and fake news, as has already been lead to political upheaval in multiple countries http://twitter.com/... Anand Giridharadas / @anandwrites : Zuck, shrouded by the moral dust cloud of a philanthropic announcement yesterday, plans to consolidate his monopoly. http://twitter.com/... Zeynep Tufekci / @zeynep : Significant and not surprising. Makes antitrust action harder, increases monetization possibilities but also big questions: “Mr. Zuckerberg has also ordered all of the apps to incorporate end-to-end encryption.” How? Tied to “real name” or not? Default or an option? Big impacts. http://twitter.com/... Mary Branscombe / @marypcbuk : ‘It would be impossible to separate IE from Windows’, Microsoft maintained in court. How does the US feel about tying and tech monopoly now? http://twitter.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Now if the government ever tries to force Facebook to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp, it can throw its hands up and protest that it's ~actually~ all just one big app! Ruthless as ever http://twitter.com/...