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Unsealed Court Documents Reveal Meta Staff Flagged 7.5 Million Annual Child Abuse Reports That Would Vanish After Messenger Encryption

Meta's end-to-end encryption raises child safety concerns, with a New Mexico trial revealing internal warnings that disappearing abuse reports highlight the tension between privacy and protection.

International Business Times UK

Human traffickers are using football dreams to lure young Ghanaian men to Nigeria – how to stop it

For a young man growing up in Ghana or Nigeria, few dreams burn brighter than becoming a professional footballer. Icons like Michael Essien (Ghana), Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria) and Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria) didn’t just win trophies. They escaped poverty, provided for their families, and earned the respect of entire communities.

The Conversation

Mandelson WhatsApp Leaks Threaten To Topple More Ministers As Starmer Braces For Resignations

Leaked Mandelson WhatsApp messages threaten to topple ministers. Starmer faces possible resignations amid ongoing disclosures and political fallout.

International Business Times UK

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'It's brilliant for the fans' No Lay's No Game ambassador Thierry Henry tells FourFourTwo exclusively about the new campaign getting supporters closer to the stars than ever

Thierry Henry is involved with ‘No Lay's No Game’, which gives fans a chance to win huge prizes and even get involved in a WhatsApp group of legends

FourFourTwo

Russia-linked hackers target messaging apps of European officials, intelligence agencies warn

Portugal and Dutch agencies warn of a state-backed cyber campaign infiltrating WhatsApp and Signal of officials and journalists via AI-powered phishing.

Euronews

Meta Launches Major AI Crackdown on Facebook, Instagram Scams After Removing 159 Million Fraud Ads

Meta unveils new AI tools and law enforcement partnerships to fight scams on Facebook and WhatsApp after removing 159M scam ads in 2025.

International Business Times

WhatsApp Launches Preteen Accounts That Adds Safeguards, Require Parent Management to Use

WhatsApp's new "preteen accounts" allow younger users to use the platform, but it comes with many safeguards.

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Meta disables more than 150,000 accounts in crackdown on south-east Asian scam networks

Company also launches tools to spot scammers as Thai police arrest 21 people

The Guardian - US

WhatsApp to allow children under 13 to use messaging service

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The Independent UK

WhatsApp announce major rule change on children using app

WhatsApp will let under-13s use its messaging service.

The Independent UK

Disturbing Texts From Turning Point USA College President Exposed As He Is Forced To Resign

FIU Turning Point USA president resigns after leaked WhatsApp chats revealed racist, antisemitic, and homophobic messages shared with other conservative campus leaders.

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Manchester Judge Suspends Jail Sentence For Ex-Police Officer Possessing Disturbing WhatsApp Videos

A Manchester judge has given a suspended sentence to a former police officer after he admitted possessing highly disturbing WhatsApp videos. The case raises questions about police misconduct and digital accountability in the UK.

International Business Times UK

Russian cybercriminals are targeting WhatsApp, Signal accounts in 'large-scale global' hacking campaign

Dutch intelligence says major social engineering campaign is underway and is apparently already reaping rewards.

TechRadar

Italian activists and journalist targeted by spyware in 2024, prosecutors confirm

Investigation finds three were hacked by Paragon spyware at same time, potentially fuelling questions for government

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Leaked WhatsApp Chats Reveal Racist Slurs and Extremist Rhetoric Among Miami GOP Student Leaders

Leaked WhatsApp messages obtained by the Miami Herald show that a group chat created by the secretary of the Miami-Dade County Republican Party for conservative students quickly filled with racist slurs, violent rhetoric and extremist references.

AAP

Fake embassy, government officials fleecing diaspora

Aggressive fraudsters posing as embassy officials and police are targeting diaspora communities, some making away with huge sums.

Newslaundry

We watched Kerala Story 2 so you don’t have to

There are many ways to describe The Kerala Story 2. A thriller. A warning. A public service announcement. A two-hour WhatsApp forward with a good production budget.

TechRadar

WhatsApp officially names Mullvad and Amnezia VPN as go-to tools for bypassing censorship

WhatsApp has published tips on how to evade restrictions on its service with a VPN, specifically mentioning Mullvad and Amnezia as "well-regarded" providers.

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Euronews

The digital battleground: How cyber attacks will shape the Israel-Iran conflict

Israel, Iran, and the US are engaged in a rapidly escalating cyber conflict that targets each other’s governments, militaries and critical infrastructure.

The Times of India

Typo or insult? Arab man faces Sharjah Court over WhatsApp spelling error

A Sharjah court heard a case where a man faces electronic insult charges due to a spelling mistake in a WhatsApp message. The defendant claims the word was a typo, not an intentional insult, during an exchange initiated on a vehicle sales website. The court has adjourned the session to…

The Guardian - UK

‘Cleaning Superstore’: warning over missed delivery text scam on WhatsApp

The text mimics a common fraud, but differs in that criminals appear to have hacked a genuine business account

Windows Central

Microsoft Teams finally copied this basic WhatsApp feature — but it still beat Slack to the punch

Microsoft Teams adds multi-message forwarding, beating Slack to a long-requested feature that has been a staple of WhatsApp for years.

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8th Pay Commission Scam Alert: Fake Salary Calculator Targets Govt Employees

As anticipation builds around the proposed 8th Pay Commission and a possible revision in salaries and pensions, cyber criminals have begun targeting central government employees and pensioners with a new digital scam.

The Guardian - US

Meta’s AI sending ‘junk’ tips to DoJ, US child abuse investigators say

Officers say flood of low-quality reports is draining resources and slowing cases amid New Mexico lawsuit

The Texas Tribune

Seis muertes en seis semanas: Lo que hay que saber sobre las detenciones de ICE en Texas

El año pasado hubo más muertes dentro de los centros de detención de ICE que en ningún otro en las últimas dos décadas. Casi una cuarta parte de esas muertes ocurrieron en Texas.

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