messaging apps

Meta announced plans to pull the plug on Threads, a standalone direct messaging app for Instagram users launched in 2019, as the parent company seeks to enhance communication options in the photo sharing service.

Privacy and human rights organisations urged the European Parliament to solidify its stance on stricter privacy laws for messaging apps, as it expressed concerns proposals by the European Council would validate data protection abuses.

WhatsApp has been the most popular messaging app globally for years, and a large part of its parent Facebook’s success could be contributed to its tendency to vocalise the app’s security capabilities after introducing end-to-end encryption in 2016.

The personal data of more than 100 million users of a messaging app was potentially put at risk by a vulnerability which exposed privately shared media content sent through the service, cybersecurity company Trustwave revealed.

WhatsApp introduced an option allowing messages to automatically vanish after seven days, a move it claimed would make conversations appear more private and similar to face-to-face communication.

First-time installations of Telegram in Hong Kong quadrupled year-on-year in July, as citizens turned to news and messaging apps during a period of turmoil in the city, Sensor Tower data showed.

Messaging app company Telegram reworked the format of animated stickers to reduce the amount of data they consume while providing a bump in quality.