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Categories USA

WhatsApp delays privacy policy update as fleeing users voice concerns over Facebook data-sharing with NO opt-out

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WhatsApp said it will push back a planned policy update to give users time to review its terms amid fears the Facebook-owned platform will share private data with its parent company, helping to drive a mass migration from the app. … Read More >WhatsApp delays privacy policy update as fleeing users voice concerns over Facebook data-sharing with NO opt-out

Categories Business

Goodbye, Big Tech? People are losing trust in social media platforms, economist tells Boom Bust

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WhatsApp users have been turning to other encrypted messaging services, particularly Telegram and Signal, since the Facebook-owned app updated its privacy terms. The rival apps have now been uploaded millions of times worldwide. … Read More >Goodbye, Big Tech? People are losing trust in social media platforms, economist tells Boom Bust

Categories Middle East

Turkish Leader Opens Telegram Account After Presidential Administration Quits WhatsApp

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has registered official accounts on the Telegram and BIP messenger apps, the leader’s press office said on Tuesday, after it abandoned the WhatsApp messenger app following new data-based changes in the latter app’s terms of service. … Read More >Turkish Leader Opens Telegram Account After Presidential Administration Quits WhatsApp

Categories Middle East

Turkey launches probe after WhatsApp’s updated terms see users’ data shared with parent company Facebook

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The Turkish government has launched an investigation into Facebook and WhatsApp after changes to the messaging app’s terms and conditions force users to share personal data with its corporate parent Facebook. … Read More >Turkey launches probe after WhatsApp’s updated terms see users’ data shared with parent company Facebook

Categories Business

Why doesn’t Facebook just buy your data if it’s so valuable? RT’s Boom Bust digs into WhatsApp privacy controversy

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The recent changes to WhatsApp’s privacy policy, requiring users to share their data with owner Facebook or leave the platform altogether, have drawn the ire of many users, and even fellow tech entrepreneurs. … Read More >Why doesn’t Facebook just buy your data if it’s so valuable? RT’s Boom Bust digs into WhatsApp privacy controversy

Categories Middle East

Erdogan’s press office ditches WhatsApp as Ankara urges Turks to use domestic apps in fight against ‘digital fascism’

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The media office of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is reportedly shutting down its WhatsApp groups over privacy concerns. The move comes after Ankara called for a nationwide boycott of the Facebook-owned messaging app. … Read More >Erdogan’s press office ditches WhatsApp as Ankara urges Turks to use domestic apps in fight against ‘digital fascism’

Categories USA

Facebook faces TWO antitrust lawsuits, as FTC and 48 US states & territories mount parallel challenges

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The Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of almost all state attorneys-general have sued Facebook for violation of the Sherman and Clayton antitrust acts over its ownership of WhatsApp and Instagram. … Read More >Facebook faces TWO antitrust lawsuits, as FTC and 48 US states & territories mount parallel challenges