India asks WhatsApp to withdraw new privacy policy, expresses ‘grave concerns’
India has asked WhatsApp to withdraw the planned change to its privacy policy, posing a new headache to Facebook-owned service…
Apple Sued Over Not Taking Down Telegram After Capitol Hill Riot
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been sued in California over allegations it failed to take...
Tencent-backed Hike, once India’s answer to WhatsApp, has given up on messaging
India’s answer to WhatsApp has completely moved on from messaging. Hike Messenger, backed by Tencent, Tiger Global and SoftBank and…
Signal and Telegram are also growing in China – for now
As fears over WhatsApp’s privacy policies send millions of users in the West to Signal and Telegram, the two encrypted…
WhatsApp faces legal challenge over privacy in its biggest market
WhatsApp is facing a legal challenge in India, its biggest market, after a petition was filed Thursday before Delhi High…
E2E encrypted email providers also see sign-ups surge as chat app users flock to Signal and Telegram in search of privacy
Privacy concerns that have been driving app users to alternative chat apps like Signal and Telegram in recent weeks, since…
Telegram blocks ‘dozens’ of channels threatening violence
With many social networks suddenly reevaluating their policies in light of political violence in the U.S., the popular messaging app…
Signal’s Brian Acton talks about exploding growth, monetization and WhatsApp data-sharing outrage
Brian Acton is crossing paths again with Facebook. Over more than a decade of building and operating WhatsApp, the company’s…
