This week, Russian hackers targeted Signal and WhatsApp users, permit-fee phishing hit U.S. applicants, ClickFix on WordPress sites, Microsoft patched 80 bugs, a ...

Meta said it did not have data on how many under-13s were already on WhatsApp but that the new accounts were requested by parents, who wanted their children to be on the platform safely.

WhatsApp is facing fresh regulatory pressure in Europe, following an earlier antitrust probe in Brazil tied to restrictions on AI chatbots. As CNBC writes, European regulators now argue that similar ...

Meta announced Wednesday that it will charge developers for running chatbots on WhatsApp in regions where regulators are forcing the company to allow them. The move comes after the company’s ban on ...

Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI) has launched a new AI-powered tool, MyAIFactChecker Whatsapp chatbot to combat misinformation across Africa. BBYDI’s Communications Director, Sanni ...

After granting Italy a similar exemption earlier in the month, Meta exempted Brazil from its worldwide ban on third-party AI chatbots on WhatsApp. This move comes some days after Brazil’s competition ...

WhatsApp has confirmed that AI providers can continue offering chatbots to users with Brazilian phone numbers, days after the country's competition regulator moved to block Meta's policy restricting ...

Following regulatory scrutiny, Meta has confirmed that the third-party LLM ban on WhatsApp won’t apply to users in Italy and Brazil. Here are the details. Last October, Meta announced that companies ...

Brazil’s antitrust authority, Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), has ordered WhatsApp to suspend a policy that bans third-party AI companies from using the WhatsApp Business API to ...

BRUSSELS, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab will exclude Italy from its ban on rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp following an order from the country's antitrust authority, ...

BRUSSELS, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms ‌will exclude Italy from its ‌ban on rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp following an order from the country's antitrust authority, according to a notice sent to ...

BRUSSELS, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms will exclude Italy from its ban on rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp following an order from the country's antitrust authority, according to a notice sent to AI ...