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The company's big stock drop and competition from TikTok gives it new defenses against the charge of monopoly.

Earlier this year, Action Fraud warned that between February and June 2022 it had received 1,235 reports of criminals posing on WhatsApp as loved ones in need as they preyed on caring parents

Just a few weeks ahead of the presidential elections, authorities in Brazil are trying to limit the flood of disinformation circulating online. Although the country is better prepared to deal with fake news than it was during the 2018 campaign, which saw Jair Bolsonaro win the presidency, certain types of…

On September 7, Satish Deshpande received a message that seemed, at the time, perfectly normal.

The fraudulent messages target mums and dads, with scammers pretending to be their children and asking them to send money in emergency situations

Which? says fraudsters are using various platforms, including WhatsApp, to target parents by impersonating their grown-up children - and many people are falling for it

The scammers target parents by impersonating their normally grown-up children and asking them to send money

Reece Tansey died after being stabbed six times in the street

Brian Winkler turned abusive and sent vile Whatsapp messages to his girlfriend on August 27.