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Spyware firm targeted WhatsApp users in defiance of US court order, Meta says
June 10, 2026
Tech company says it ‘caught and disrupted’ NSO Group’s attempts to access accounts in Jordan and Lebanon A spyware firm has been targeting WhatsApp users with malicious links in contravention of a US court order forbidding it from doing so, Meta has said. In a post, Meta said WhatsApp had “caught and disrupted spear phishing…
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Tech firms must remove ‘revenge porn’ in 48 hours or risk being blocked, says Starmer
February 19, 2026
PM says measure, also applied to deepfake nudes, is needed owing to a ‘national emergency’ of online misogyny Deepfake nudes and “revenge porn” must be removed from the internet within 48 hours or technology firms risk being blocked in the UK, Keir Starmer has said, calling it a “national emergency” that the government must confront.…
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Russia attempted to ‘fully block’ WhatsApp, Meta-owned company says
February 13, 2026
Move is a ‘backwards step’, company spokesperson says, amid concerns Kremlin is seeking more state control via messaging apps such as Max Russia has attempted to “fully block” WhatsApp in an attempt to push users towards its own state-sponsored communications app, Max, a spokesperson for the Meta-owned company has said. The company did not reveal…
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‘Marketplace for predators’: Meta faces jury trial over child exploitation claims
February 2, 2026
New Mexico attorney general accuses Meta of failing to safeguard children against trafficking and sexual abuse Meta’s second major trial of 2026 over alleged harms to children begins on Monday. The landmark jury trial in Santa Fe pits the New Mexico attorney general’s office against the social media giant. The state alleges that the company…
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US authorities reportedly investigate claims that Meta can read encrypted WhatsApp messages
February 1, 2026
A lawsuit filed last week alleges tech firm ‘can access virtually all’ private communications, a claim the company has denied US authorities have reportedly investigated claims that Meta can read users’ encrypted chats on the WhatsApp messaging platform, which it owns. The reports follow a lawsuit filed last week, which claimed Meta “can access virtually…
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Can you guess our screen time? A priest, pensioner, tech CEO and teenager reveal all
January 31, 2026
From the person who scrolls on the toilet to the one without any social media, what do their digital habits tell us? • Will Storr: we have lost so much of ourselves to smartphones – can we get it back? Dayeon, 16: the teenager who spends less than an hour a day on screens Continue…
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Tech giants vow to defend users in US as spyware companies make inroads with Trump administration
November 11, 2025
Apple and WhatsApp say they will keep warning users if their phones are targeted by governments using hacking software against them Apple and WhatsApp have vowed to keep warning users if their mobile phones are targeted by governments using hacking software against them, including in the US, as two spyware makers seek to make inroads…
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‘If I felt Zuckerberg and Sandberg were monsters, I wouldn’t have worked at Meta’: Nick Clegg on tech bros, AI and Starmer’s half measures
August 23, 2025
When Britain’s former deputy PM took a job at Meta, nothing could have prepared him for the ‘cloying conformity’ of the tech world. So why does he still think social media is a force for good? • Read an exclusive extract from Nick Clegg’s new book here The rain is just starting to fall from…
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Russia orders state-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on new phones
August 22, 2025
Critics say Max, a WhatsApp rival, could be used to track users, though state media says it is not a spying app A Russian state-backed messenger application called Max, a rival to WhatsApp that critics say could be used to track users, must be pre-installed on all mobile phones and tablets bought in the country…
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Zuckerberg claims ‘superintelligence is now in sight’ as Meta lavishes billions on AI
July 31, 2025
In advance of Meta’s quarterly earnings report, CEO says his company aims to bring powerful AI into the lives of millions Whether it’s poaching top talent away from competitors, acquiring AI startups or proclaiming that it will build data centers the size of Manhattan, Meta has been on a spending spree to boost its artificial…
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