Tag: Facebook
WhatsApp faces a big security flaw & urgent action need to...
WhatsApp faces a big security flaw which could let hackers do bad things to innocent people. Facebook, which owns the messaging app, has issued...
Facebook and Instagram ban s.e.xual emoji
With smartphones and emoji, s.e.xting has gotten to a whole new level where emoji that are used to represent foods by some innocent people...
Tito Mboweni resigns from social media because of abuse
‘Given the amount of abuse I go through on these social media platforms, I have decided not to be part of it,’ said the...
WhatsApp to make Big Changes
WhatsApp is expanding its new group privacy and invite settings to a number of additional countries, reports WABetaInfo.
First announced in April 2019, the new...
Facebook suspends tens of thousands of apps in privacy review
The social network became the subject of intense scrutiny after acknowledging in 2018 that Cambridge Analytica misappropriated personal data on tens of millions of...
US imposes record $5bn fine & restrictions on Facebook in privacy...
The Federal Trade Commission says the penalty is the largest ever imposed on any company for violating consumers’ privacy.
US regulators on Wednesday formalized a...
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp down in SA as a crisis hits...
WhatsApp appears to have stopped working, with users unable to send some messages. While text appears to work, photos, videos and voice messages will...
Facebook to unveil new cryptocurrency
Facebook is set to unveil a bid to bring cryptocurrency payments into the mainstream, reportedly with the endorsement of governments and financial giants.
The world's...
New Huawei phones won’t come with Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp
New Huawei phones will not come pre-installed with Instagram, Facebook or WhatsApp as the US ban continues to hinder the smartphone maker.
Speaking to Reuters,...
Facebook has banned Huawei from pre-installing its applications on new phones
Facebook has banned Huawei from pre-installing its applications on new phones, according to a Reuters report, in a move that would prevent any new...
WhatsApp and Facebook crashed for users across the UK
According to Facebook's Developers site, there was a 'Major Outage' for developers across the UK. While WhatsApp and Facebook are yet to comment on...
WhatsApp to start showing Ads via status
Freeware, cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP service WhatsApp Messenger will start displaying adverts in the Status screen from 2019, Softpedia News reports.
The action...
Facebook tightens live-streaming in crackdown on violence
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern welcomed the move as ‘a good first step’.
Facebook announced Wednesday it was tightening access to live-streaming to prevent...
Warning: Update your WHATSAPP now
WhatsApp users are being urged to update the app immediately after it was hacked.
WhatsApp is urging people to update the app immediately after it...
Caster Semenya is a man & a complete fraud: Jeremy Acton
The advocate for cannabis-related causes caused outrage with a now-deleted Facebook post.
Leader of Iqela Lentsango: The Dagga Party of South Africa, Jeremy Acton, inspired...
It’s time to break up Facebook says Co-founder Chris Hughes
Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook, is calling for the breakup of the social media juggernaut, citing the threat of the platform's unchecked power...
Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram reportedly down worldwide
Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram were seemingly working as usual. Facebook, which owns both Whatsapp and Instagram, had not yet responded to a request for...
Facebook investors plan to remove Mark Zuckerberg
Activist Facebook investors are again going to try to oust Mark Zuckerberg as chairman and abolish what they see as the firm's unfair share...
WhatsApp founder urges people to delete Facebook
Brian Acton discusses the expansion of the invasion of data privacy and comes up with a solution to protect our data.
In a rare public...
Facebook takes down fake accounts
Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had removed 137 fake pages, groups and Instagram accounts in the United Kingdom and a further 31 in...
Facebook to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger
Facebook to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger. While all three will remain stand-alone apps, at a much deeper level they will be linked so messages...
WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter Blocked in Zimbabwe
The government of Zimbabwe has blocked access to WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter across all the mobile and fixed telecoms networks in the country.
Several reports...
Facebook set to develop Stablecoin for WhatsApp transfers
Facebook set to develop Stablecoin for WhatsApp transfers. The company is developing a stable coin -- a type of digital currency pegged to the...
Facebook discovers the bug that affected up to 6,8 million users
Facebook discovers the bug that affected up to 6,8 million users. In the latest in a string of incidents on data protection, the leading...
Facebook & Instagram access hit by unspecified problems
Facebook & Instagram access hit by unspecified problems. It was the second instance in the past two weeks in which technical issues appeared to...
Facebook shares roller coaster as it rides change
Facebook announced plans to adapt to users sharing more privately as the leading social network pours money into an ongoing battle with "bad actors"...
Facebook launching fake news checking in South Africa
Facebook on Thursday launched fake-news checking in South Africa, following on a similar launch in Kenya earlier this week.
Potential fake news stories will be...
Facebook partners with AFP and Africa
Facebook has announced its latest effort to crack down on false news stories posted user streams. The social network has upped its ante in...
Hackers did not use stolen logins – Facebook
Facebook said on Tuesday that investigators have determined that hackers did not access other sites that use the social networking site’s single sign-on in...
Facebook Messenger Manager explains why all messages are not encrypted like...
The head of Facebook Messenger has explained why messages sent through the app are not encrypted by default in the same way that WhatsApp...
