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2025.06.23

15:11

The US House of Representatives Speaker's Office has banned WhatsApp and asked staff not to use the app on work devices. It is not clear whether other government departments have taken similar measures.

2025.06.20

10:16

Iran reportedly said police in the capital had arrested a Mossad agent who used WhatsApp to send the locations of air defence deployments to intelligence agents abroad.

2025.06.16

13:41

Meta Platforms (META.O) rose 2.5% as the company plans to launch new feature updates to WhatsApp in the coming months.

2025.03.18

17:15

Antitrust trial against Meta to start next month FTC chairman says has sufficient resources to fight tech giants

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said the agency is preparing for a trial next month to break up Meta Platforms Inc. Despite the government's all-out cost-cutting drive, the FTC still has ample resources to regulate the deep-pocketed tech industry. "We're preparing for trial," Ferguson said in an interview when asked whether the FTC would move forward with a case to force Meta to sell Instagram and WhatsApp. The eight-week trial is expected to begin on April 14. "We've put some of the FTC's best lawyers on this case and are ready to go."

2025.03.01

16:13

Market News: WhatsApp users report service outages worldwide.

2025.01.30

22:59

Mark Zuckerberg: Threads has more than 320 million monthly active users

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Threads has more than 320 million monthly active users, and it is expected that advertising on Threads will not be a significant driver of revenue growth in 2025. WhatsApp has more than 100 million monthly active users in the United States. He also said that the company's new employees will flow to those artificial intelligence (AI) projects, and Meta artificial intelligence has more than 700 million monthly active users. It is expected to accelerate the adoption of MTIA chips in 2025, and then expand customized chips to training workloads for ranking and recommendation next year.

22:19

Meta Platforms (META.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg: WhatsApp has more than 100 million monthly active users in the United States.

2025.01.28

16:05

Meta Platforms (META.O): Launched 1:1 conversation capabilities for Facebook, Messenger and WhatsApp to Meta AI on iOS and Android platforms in the United States and Canada.

2024.12.31

11:04

Market News: WhatsApp Pay can expand UPI to the entire Indian user base.

2024.12.25

00:14

Iran lifts ban on WhatsApp, Google Play and other overseas platforms

The Iranian government held a meeting of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace on Tuesday, in which a majority of the council members voted to lift restrictions on access to popular overseas platforms such as WhatsApp and Google Play.

2024.12.24

13:58

According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA): Iran has lifted the ban on WhatsApp and Google Play.

20:04

Kevin Weir, Chief Product Officer at OpenAI: We are increasing the ChatGPT call limit in the US/Canada to 30 minutes/month and resetting everyone's quota. We are also doubling the limit for sending messages on WhatsApp.

2024.08.15

00:53

U.S. SEC fines 26 financial institutions $393 million over WhatsApp-linked probes

Asia Tech Wire (Aug 15) -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosed on Wednesday that it had fined 26 financial institutions $393 million for WhatsApp-linked investigations.

2022.04.14

22:19

WhatsApp approved to expand payments service to 100 million users in India

Asian Tech Press (Apr. 14) -- Meta Platforms Inc's messaging app WhatsApp has gotten regulatory approval to expand its payments service to 100 million users in India.

2021.12.02

01:06

Uber introduces ride-hailing service within WhatsApp in India

Asian Tech Press (Dec 02) -- Uber and Meta-owned WhatsApp have launched a service to hail a cab by sending a message in India.

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