WhatsApp and Facebook

Facebook, now called Meta, acquired WhatsApp for a historic $19 billion in 2014. Today, over half of the world’s internet users also use WhatsApp, ... (2023)

A Hamburg regulator said on Tuesday that neither the messenger nor its parent company had received individuals’ permission to share digital informa... (2018)

Facebook’s $22 billion WhatsApp purchase made Brian Acton one of the richest people in America. But his idealism clashed with Mark Zuckerberg’s fi... (2018)

Facebook’s chief executive has asserted control over its sprawling divisions and mandated the social network’s messaging services be knitted together. (2019)

Brazil’s Central Bank has suspended WhatsApp’s payments feature in the country to ensure competition in the payment system market. The news just ov... (2020)

The Facebook-owned messenger with 2 billion users revamps its privacy policy. (2021)

The global COVID-19 health pandemic has raised the stakes for businesses when it comes to using digital channels to connect with customers, and tod... (2020)

With end-to-end encryption, disappearing messages, and no data collection, there's a lot to love about this privacy-oriented messaging app. (2021)