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WhatsApp Services Restored After Global Outage, Company Says

Andrew McCollum Oct 25, 2022

HONG KONG— Meta META 4.13% Platforms Inc.’s popular WhatsApp messaging service suffered a global outage Tuesday,…

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Amazon, Microsoft, Google Face Cloud-Services Examination in U.K.

Andrew McCollum Sep 22, 2022

The U.K.’s Office of Communications is probing the market positions of Amazon. AMZN -1.37% com Inc.,…

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WSJ News Exclusive | Banks Nearing $1 Billion Settlement Over Traders’ Use of Banned Messaging Apps

Andrew McCollum Aug 21, 2022

WASHINGTON—Many of Wall Street’s biggest banks are nearing agreements to pay as much as $200 million each and admit that their employees’ use of personal messaging apps such as WhatsApp…

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Social-Media Startups Take Aim at Facebook. And Elon Musk.

Andrew McCollum May 4, 2022

Elon Musk isn’t the only entrepreneur with big ideas about how to fix social media.A growing number of startups are emerging to challenge the status quo. Many…

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How Meta Platforms Fell Behind in Indian Mobile Payments

Andrew McCollum Apr 21, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg has pinned his hopes on commerce to save his business from stagnating user engagement and decelerating advertising…

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Facebook Services Are Used to Spread Religious Hatred in India, Internal Documents Show

Andrew McCollum Oct 24, 2021

Mark Zuckerberg praised India in December as a special and important country for Facebook Inc., saying that millions of people there use its platforms every day to stay in touch with family…

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