The social network is straining to deal with skyrocketing usage as its 45,000 employees work from home for the first time.
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Video Chats and Ordering In: Coronavirus Quarantine With a Smartphone
This is not your grandmother’s quarantine. People are confined and afraid, but their virtual lives have been largely uninterrupted.
Scottish Official Quits Amid Reports That He Messaged Teen Hundreds of Times
Finance Secretary Derek Mackay is said to have sent a 16-year-old boy the messages over several months, telling him he was “really cute” and inviting him to a rugby match.
How Jeff Bezos’ iPhone X Was Hacked
It most likely began with a tiny bit of code that implanted malware, which gave attackers access to Mr. Bezos’ photos and texts.
Analysis Said to Tie Hacking of Bezos’ Phone to Saudi Leader’s Account
Two United Nations experts plan to release a public statement Wednesday morning “addressing serious allegations.”
It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It’s Secretly a Spy Tool.
ToTok, an Emirati messaging app that has been downloaded to millions of phones, is the latest escalation of a digital arms race.
In Afghanistan’s War and Peace, WhatsApp Delivers the Message
WhatsApp has proliferated in the highest echelons of the Afghan government — as well as among the Taliban.
War Zone Stories, Liberated via Social Networking
Vivian Yee and Hwaida Saad, who cover the Middle East, have found Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and YouTube vital to getting information out of Syria.
Hong Kong Takes Symbolic Stand Against China’s High-Tech Controls
The first major place in China to rebel against Beijing’s technologies of control is one of the last not yet fully under their thrall.
5 Things to Know About Military Romance Scams on Facebook
Here’s how victims are hooked, and what Facebook and the United States military say they can (and cannot) do about it.