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May 2026

  • A parakeet peering out of a hole in a tree

    Brazil caught up in craze for whistling-only WhatsApp groups

    Some chats can get up to 600 voice notes a day and reach the 1,024-member limit in less than 24 hours

April 2026

  • A man on a monitor is displayed in a courtroom

    Meta threatens to shut down social networks in New Mexico over child safety court case

  • Devi Sridhar

    double quotation markEven without social media, phones have a subtle, damaging effect on our mental health

    Devi Sridhar
  • Speech bubble showing four-out-of-five heart rating on pink background

    Despite their bad reputation, parenting group chats are – for some – the village that never sleeps

  • the WhatsApp icon on a phone

    Court dismisses former WhatsApp security chief’s lawsuit against Meta

March 2026

  • Girl holding phone

    Instagram worse for mental health than WhatsApp, global study finds

  • A man and a woman with a lanyard look together at a mobile phone in the man's hand, sitting in a lean-to in a rural setting. A woman and two children stand near them

    India’s scattered workforce: the chatbot keeping families in touch during emergencies

  • The Meta logo on a white box

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

  • A WhatsApp icon is displayed on an iPhone

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

February 2026

  • The prime minister, Keir Starmer

    Tech firms must remove ‘revenge porn’ in 48 hours or risk being blocked, says Starmer

  • A web page of the Russian messenger app MAX displayed on a smartphone next to a screen showing the logo of WhatsApp and Telegram applications

    Russia attempted to ‘fully block’ WhatsApp, Meta-owned company says

  • An anonymous person seen from the chest down injects a pen syringe into their stomach. They hold their belly with one hand to form a roll of flesh and inject this with the other hand. They wear a loose white T-shirt and stone-washed denim jeans which are unbuttoned at the top.

    Unlicensed weight-loss drugs marketed on social media as ‘prizes’

  • Man tries on smart gal

    ‘Marketplace for predators’: Meta faces jury trial over child exploitation claims

January 2026

  • Smartphone screen with apps including WhatsApp and thumb hovering over

    US authorities reportedly investigate claims that Meta can read encrypted WhatsApp messages

    A lawsuit filed last week alleges tech firm ‘can access virtually all’ private communications, a claim the company has denied
  • Composite of six people with their electronic devicesL-R: Shere Mohamed, Pippa White, Barnaby Lashbrooke, Paula Gadsden, Dayeon Lim, Katrina Mirpuri

    Can you guess our screen time? A priest, pensioner, tech CEO and teenager reveal all

    From the person who scrolls on the toilet to the one without any social media, what do their digital habits tell us?
  • a man in a black t-shirt speaks

    Meta wows Wall Street despite spending billions on AI and facing social media addiction trial

    Firm’s fourth-quarter 2025 beat expectations as it lavishes investment on AI infrastructure and CEO faces questioning
  • Exterior of House of Commons, Big Ben, Westminster bridge with a line of buses and people.

    UK MPs face rise in phishing attacks on messaging apps

    Hackers include Russia-based actors targeting WhatsApp and Signal accounts, parliamentary authorities warn
  • Closeup of a smartphone screen showing the logos of Meta's social media apps Instagram and Facebook, and various other apps.

    Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content

    More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
  • A girl sitting on a bed in a dark room looking at her phone

    Online child sexual abuse surges by 26% in year as police say tech firms must act

    Figures for England and Wales show there were 51,672 offences for child sexual exploitation and abuse online in 2024

November 2025

  • Man's hands holding mobile phone showing WhatsApp and other apps.

    Belfast youth football coach expelled after posting cocaine prices on league group chat

    List detailed times and costs for ‘proper pure bags’ and specified cash payment
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