The Meta user purge continues as 6.8 million WhatsApp accounts have joined the 10 million Facebook ones already deleted — ...

Facebook Messenger’s other advantage over WhatsApp for photos is its natural integration with Facebook. Unlike Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp has a limit of 10 photos per message.

Plus, WhatsApp can share transaction and payment data, cookies, and location information with Facebook if you grant permission. All of which has been true since 2016.

Until now, WhatsApp users had to upload a profile picture from their phone gallery, take a fresh one using the camera, or use the avatar or AI-generated options.

When WhatsApp launched a major update to its privacy policy in August 2016, it started sharing user information and metadata with Facebook. At that time, the messaging service offered its billion ...

WhatsApp also has a footprint that fits with Facebook’s focus on international/emerging markets: The messaging app has users in over a hundred countries covering 750 mobile networks, on the iOS ...

Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp has announced a big change to its privacy policy which, once a user accepts its new T&Cs, will see it start to share some user data with its parent company ...

WhatsApp has been sharing data with Facebook for years. But many users didn’t realize it until receiving a message saying that they had to consent to further tracking, or WhatsApp would be deleted.

Facebook set aside another $3 billion in restricted stock units to be granted to WhatsApp’s founders and employees that will vest over the next four years. WhatsApp calls itself "a personal real ...

Facebook has its own app, called Messenger, which it says will continue to operate independently of WhatsApp. The Japanese service Line has emerged as a popular competitor that now boasts over 300 ...

Facebook’s encrypted messaging service WhatsApp isn’t as private as it claims, according to a new report. The popular chat app, which touts its privacy features, says parent Facebook can’t ...

WhatsApp will shortly start to share your data with Facebook as a condition of use of the app. This completes a U-turn which began when Facebook first acquired the app back in 2014.