Facebook's defence will be welcomed by those who have concerns about data breaches, but will frustrate law enforcement agencies who believe accessing encrypted messages could be key to stopping terror ...

If you use Facebook, you’ve probably heard about the big class-action privacy settlement. It stems from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, when millions of users’ personal data was shared without their ...

A privacy policy change scheduled for Dec. 16 has been misinterpreted by some to mean that Meta will be poking around your Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp DMs.

Managing Facebook messages can become overwhelming when your inbox fills up with old conversations. Many people want a simple way to clear everything at once, especially when starting fresh or ...

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We all message people differently. Some iPhone users prefer the privacy and convenience of chatting with iMessage, while others live inside Messenger group chats. And for millions around the world, ...

Facebook’s free dating service has 21 million users, more than the popular dating app Hinge, as the social network reinvents itself. By Eli Tan Reporting from San Francisco For years, Alyssa Landguth, ...

Tech entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk is set to launch a standalone messaging app called “X Chat” to compete with Telegram and WhatsApp, with a rollout expected within the next few months. “On X ...

The woman who reported the rape after it happened at a college in 2013 when she was just 18 years old spoke out in court: "The system meant to protect me protected you instead." Justice was more than ...

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Meta has announced new tools to help WhatsApp and Messenger users protect themselves from potential scams and secure their accounts. On Messenger, the company has started testing more advanced ...