WhatsApp

A Russian court has accused Meta of extremist activity for allowing Facebook and Instagram users to post threats of violence and death against Russian soldiers and President Vladimir Putin.

Looks to turn public opinion against private communications

Targets include journalists, dissidents, human rights activists and critics of authoritarian regimes and their families

Meanwhile WhatsApp has published a new privacy policy for users in Ireland and across Europe

WhatsApp is seeking to quash the fine imposed for sharing users' personal data with Facebook

Messaging app Telegram says it gained over 70 million new users during Facebook outage

The fault affected more than 3 billion people and cost Mark Zuckerberg approximately $7 billion

Campaigners hope the evidence will support the call for a judicial review into what they call a 'WhatsApp government'

Facebook has repeatedly claimed that nobody can read end-to-end encrypted messages sent between WhatApp users

It's the second-largest fine ever handed out under the GDPR