Why WhatsApp’s message-forwarding restrictions won’t curb the spread of fake news

ANALYSIS: WhatsApp announced yesterday its latest effort to combat the spread of fake news through its platform. Its solution? Limit the number of “chats” you can forward a message to. The move came in response to a series of violent lynchings in India that were triggered by the spread of false information through the Facebook-owned mes…Read More

WhatsApp’s Security Flaw Deadly Serious: What You Need To Know

An ongoing security flaw in popular messaging app WhatsApp could allow your conversations to become intercepted by Facebook or anyone else with access, including the government. The Guardian published an expose on January 13, 2017, highlighting how the security flaw works, and within days, virtually everyone had something to say about the security hole. The […]