Posts Tagged ‘WhatsApp’

Church warning over WhatsApp phishing scams related to Pope’s Singapore visit

Monday, July 1st, 2024

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore has reminded those keen on attending Pope Francis’ mass in Singapore that WhatsApp or other instant messaging apps will not be used in general ticketing or balloting processes. A statement on its website on June 23 said it had received reports of Catholics having their WhatsApp accounts taken over Read more

Hong Kong: Facebook and WhatsApp ‘pause’ police help

Thursday, July 9th, 2020

Hong Kong’s Facebook and WhatsApp laws have drawn criticism from around the world. Several countries, including the UK, have criticised China for imposing new security laws, which they say threaten the territory’s long-standing autonomy. Facebook said it would stop considering the requests, “pending further assessment” of the human rights issues. No personal information about users Read more

Facebook is out of control. If it were a country it would be North Korea

Monday, July 6th, 2020
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There is no power on this earth that is capable of holding Facebook to account. No legislature, no law enforcement agency, no regulator. The US Congress has failed. The EU has failed. When the Federal Trade Commission fined it a record $5bn for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, its stock price actually went Read more

God alive and well and arrives daily on WhatsApp

Thursday, May 30th, 2019
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For many Chileans who were baptized Catholics but who may not be practicing, the unraveling clerical sexual abuse crisis has become another reason to think that Friedrich Nietzsche was right: God is dead. Yet for some 10,000 Chilean believers, God is not only alive and well, but he shows up on their phones every day Read more