The EU opens formal DMA probes into Apple and Google over letting developers “steer” users from their app stores, and Meta over its “pay or consent” model
Apple fans: “The EU must approve of Apple's plans, otherwise Apple wouldn't have announced them” — The EU: “Hang on a minute...” https://www.theverge.com/... Jan Penfrat / @ilumium@eupolicy.social :...
Meta launches new parental controls and other safety features for Messenger and Instagram in the US, the UK, and Canada, including letting parents view contacts
We want to make sure our apps are as supportive as possible for teens … Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : Meta Announces New Teen Safety Tools, Including Updated Parental Oversight and Messagin...
Facebook says it has resolved a major outage affecting Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and other Facebook services
The Facebook-owned social networks were down for many — Facebook has resolved a major outage affecting Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and other Facebook services on Friday …
Facebook Messenger now requires a Facebook account to sign up, removing the option to use a phone number, says a vast majority of users log in through Facebook
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Facebook Messenger now requires a Facebook account to sign up, removing the option to use a phone number, says a vast majority of users log in through Facebook
Facebook has quietly removed the ability to sign up for Messenger without a Facebook account, the company confirmed to VentureBeat this afternoon.
A senior Facebook source says the company has no plans to enter China, after Zuckerberg says Facebook won't build data centers in countries that violate privacy
Since Patched—Let Hackers See Who Facebook Messenger Users Were Chatting With, Researcher Says Alex Hern / The Guardian : Mark Zuckerberg's privacy blogpost: what he did and didn't say Chris Nuttall /...
Facebook Messenger now lets you delete messages from everyone's view for up to 10 minutes after you have sent them
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Facebook Messenger now lets you delete messages from everyone's view, for up to 10 minutes after you have sent them
You can now delete messages from everyone's view on Facebook Messenger — Facebook has come out with a feature that lets you delete messages from a conversation after you've sent them …
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
This is why there should have been far more scrutiny during Facebook's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp which now clearly seem like horizontal mergers that should have triggered antitrust scruti...
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, In...