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Anthony de Caluwe, Alleged Ambassador-Stalker, Directs Group To Turn Humans Into ‘Interstellar Civilization’

Anthony de Caluwe, Alleged Ambassador-Stalker, Directs Group To Turn Humans Into ‘Interstellar Civilization’

Anthony de Caluwe, a Belgian national and ardent Donald Trump supporter whose text messages appear to show that he was somehow stalking United States Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, is also listed as the director of The Leeward Space Foundation, which is dedicated to turning the human race into an “interstellar civilization.” The connection was […]

4y ago

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Jared Kushner’s WhatsApp Use Could Be Putting ‘Thousands Of Americans At Risk’

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Jared Kushner’s WhatsApp Use Could Be Putting ‘Thousands Of Americans At Risk’

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used a Tuesday House hearing to criticize the security protocol of President Donald Trump’s administration and his son-in-law Jared Kushner in particular. The hearing focused on White House security clearances, which Ocasio-Cortez used to bring up reports of Kushner using WhatsApp messaging service for government business. Per Fox News, House Oversight and […]

5y ago

Facebook Targeting Fake News Ahead Of 2019 Elections In India

Facebook Targeting Fake News Ahead Of 2019 Elections In India

Fake news, famously, was a huge problem in the 2016 presidential election, with various bad actors creating websites with false information and getting huge amounts of traffic through Facebook. Facebook has taken certain steps to prevent such incidents in the future, but now a similar problem is on the rise in another election – in […]

5y ago

Hillary Clinton & Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Troll Jared Kushner Over WhatsApp Use

Hillary Clinton & Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Troll Jared Kushner Over WhatsApp Use

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Hillary Clinton are having a bit of fun with White House senior adviser and Trump son-in-law, Jared Kushner. The two women trolled Kushner over his use of WhatsApp to communicate with Saudi leader Mohammed bin Salman — and others — to do the business of the government. The Daily Mail says […]

5y ago

Facebook Denies They Were Under Attack During Outage And Assures Users Their Platform Is Now Working

Facebook Denies They Were Under Attack During Outage And Assures Users Their Platform Is Now Working

Users of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp found they had plenty to say, but no platform on which to say it when a lengthy disruption to the platforms saw people unable to access their accounts for hours. Facebook has now rectified the situation and insists they were not a victim of a cyber attack, stating the […]

5y ago

During Facebook And Instagram Outage, Authorities In Australia Urged People Not To Call Triple-Zero

During Facebook And Instagram Outage, Authorities In Australia Urged People Not To Call Triple-Zero

As previously reported by The Inquisitr, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are experiencing a massive unexplained downtime. In the current age of technology, these platforms — particularly Facebook and Instagram — are considered essential social media requirements by many people. And, as the downtime increased, so did the panic surrounding the outage. As a result of […]

5y ago

YouTube Denies ‘Momo Challenge’ Exists On Their Platform

YouTube Denies ‘Momo Challenge’ Exists On Their Platform

The “Momo Suicide Challenge” first reared its ugly head last year, reportedly whispering creepy things to whoever saw the disfigured being, encouraging people and young kids to harm themselves. After a good long period of silence about the dangerous challenge, it seems to have returned, starting with a parent from the U.K. claiming that they […]

5y ago

Facebook Is On The Cusp Of Letting You Unsend Messages

Facebook Is On The Cusp Of Letting You Unsend Messages

We humans don’t always think it through before hitting send. We are also not always the model of sobriety during internet debates and squabbles. Even so, we usually are aware enough to know when we should have given it a little more thought before hitting “send.” If you are a frequent Facebook Messenger user, you […]

6y ago

Brazil: Bolsonaro Allies Using WhatsApp To Spread Fake News

Brazil: Bolsonaro Allies Using WhatsApp To Spread Fake News

As the Inquisitr previously reported, far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is heading toward victory in Brazil. Bolsonaro obtained 46.7 percent of the votes in the first round vote, while leftist Fernando Haddad got only 28.37 percent. While some have compared Bolsonaro’s impending election upset to now-U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2016 ascendance, Bolsonaro is thought to […]

6y ago

WhatsApp Founder Brian Acton On Letting Facebook Buy His Company: ‘I Am A Sellout’

WhatsApp Founder Brian Acton On Letting Facebook Buy His Company: ‘I Am A Sellout’

WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton said that he felt like a “sellout” for allowing Facebook to buy the company. In an interview with Forbes, Acton admitted that he had to live with the decision of letting Mark Zuckerberg acquire his company every day, as he reckons he is responsible for selling WhatsApp users’ privacy “to a […]

6y ago

Facebook, WhatsApp And Instagram Update: Sites Go Down On September 3, Unclear When They Will Be Working Again

Facebook, WhatsApp And Instagram Update: Sites Go Down On September 3, Unclear When They Will Be Working Again

Anyone who wanted to relax on Facebook or Instagram or chat with friends on WhatsApp on Monday got an unwelcome surprise. All three of the social media sites have been hit with intermittent outages for much of the end-of-summer Labor Day holiday, leaving many to head to the remaining social media site, Twitter, to vent […]

6y ago

WhatsApp Limiting Usage In India After Numerous Lynchings

WhatsApp Limiting Usage In India After Numerous Lynchings

After a spate of lynchings in India, the popular communication platform, WhatsApp, has decided to severely limit services in the country. According to BBC News, the decision comes after it was discovered that several mob lynchings “were linked to messages that circulated on WhatsApp groups.” WhatsApp had been silent about the usage of their app […]

6y ago

WhatsApp Popularity Increasing, Facebook Use Decreasing Among Young People As New Generation Shifts Course

WhatsApp Popularity Increasing, Facebook Use Decreasing Among Young People As New Generation Shifts Course

Young people are shifting gears when it comes to their use of social media applications and how they get their news. Reports show that Facebook is becoming less popular among the younger generation, with applications like WhatsApp surging in use. According to Reuters, the usage of Facebook to check news fell nine percentage points last […]

6y ago

WhatsApp Black Spot Challenge Is A Prank Message That Could Crash The App

WhatsApp Black Spot Challenge Is A Prank Message That Could Crash The App

A new viral message is causing trouble for WhatsApp users around the world, as clicking on a black spot, contrary to what the message warns you, will cause the app to hang. However, the apparent prank message doesn’t seem to be anything to worry about, according to a number of recent reports. As noted by […]

6y ago

Facebook Former Exec Struggles With What Facebook Has Become: Cites 7 People Killed Due To Rumor On WhatsApp

Facebook Former Exec Struggles With What Facebook Has Become: Cites 7 People Killed Due To Rumor On WhatsApp

A former top executive for Facebook is opening up about his remorse over what the company has become today. He warns of the dangers that he sees coming from the social media platform and offers up a horrific example of what rumors are responsible for. The Facebook alum expresses deep regret over his involvement in […]

7y ago

China Blocks WhatsApp In Latest Censorship Bid

China Blocks WhatsApp In Latest Censorship Bid

Authorities in China moved Tuesday to block WhatsApp, the popular smartphone messaging service with over 1 billion users, in yet another clampdown on the country’s internet access. The censorship bid to silence the application comes on the heels of a new cybersecurity law that went into effect last month, according to the New York Times. […]

7y ago

WhatsApp Testing Feature To ‘Unsend’ A Message And Delete The Notification From The Recipient’s Phone

WhatsApp Testing Feature To ‘Unsend’ A Message And Delete The Notification From The Recipient’s Phone

Ever sent a message and immediately regretted it? We’ve all been there and have wished for a feature to undo the catastrophe. Now, WhatsApp is testing a neat feature that does exactly this and even deletes the notification of your text message. The feature, called Delete for Everyone, is now in the final testing phase, […]

7y ago

WhatsApp Went Down Worldwide: Here Are Some Messaging Alternatives

WhatsApp Went Down Worldwide: Here Are Some Messaging Alternatives

WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps around. It allows you to communicate with anyone around the world for free. Some love that it’s an alternative to traditional text messaging and SMS messaging. You don’t have to worry about fees or overage charges. The best thing about WhatsApp is that you can use […]

7y ago

Thousands Of Snapchat Users Uninstalled The App — #BoycottSnapchat Trending

Thousands Of Snapchat Users Uninstalled The App — #BoycottSnapchat Trending

The image messaging and multimedia mobile application Snapchat is facing a very tough time in Central Asia region. After an alleged statement released from Snapchat’s CEO Evan Spiegel, thousands of India users, who were active on this mobile application, have uninstalled the application from the android and ios mobile phones and currently #BoycottSnapchat has over […]

7y ago

Are WhatsApp Messages Encrypted? Yes, And The Secretary of State Is Not Happy

Are WhatsApp Messages Encrypted? Yes, And The Secretary of State Is Not Happy

Are WhatsApp messages encrypted? Yes, at least for now. However, that might change very soon, as a senior U.K. official is demanding that WhatsApp give police access to the Facebook-owned company’s messages following a London terrorist attack last Wednesday. U.K. government wants access to WhatsApp messages: The U.K. government is pushing for a backdoor into […]

7y ago

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