KOTA KINABALU, May 17 — Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil believes there is an organised movement by certain parties to disseminate false information on social media platforms, especially on Facebook, to create unrest among the public.

HULU SELANGOR, May 9 — The Communications Ministry, in collaboration with Meta Platforms Inc (Meta), is developing a WhatsApp chatbot set to be launched by the end of this month.

SAN JOSE (California), April 19 — The Chinese government has ordered Apple to remove WhatsApp and Threads from its Chinese App Store, the US tech giant said, reported German news agency (dpa).

LONDON, April 12 — Social media giant Meta has been urged to reverse the lowering of the minimum age to use WhatsApp.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 — The police have detected fraudulent activities involving the distribution of fake 'arrest warrant' messages through WhatsApp and Telegram.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 7 —Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil said he will hold a meeting with platform provider Meta next week regarding the issue of scammers taking over WhatsApp accounts.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 — CyberSecurity Malaysia has issued a warning regarding scammers exploiting the WhatsApp app for impersonation activities and deceiving victims into transferring money.

ALOR SETAR, April 16 — A part-time employee at a government agency pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court, here today, to a charge of sending obscene communications with the intention of annoying others, through the WhatsApp application, about two years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — Bursa Malaysia Bhd today denied issuing any communication related to investment on the WhatsApp application and urged the public to be wary and alert of investment scams.

MELAKA, March 9 — The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) received 1,742 complaints related to various consumer issues through the Aduan Suri QR code since the initiative was launched on January 11 until March 7.

BENGALURU, Oct 25 — Popular messaging app WhatsApp has stopped working for many users across the world, with users across India, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Asia reporting issues with sending and receiving texts and videos.

GUA MUSANG, Sept 23 — The police are still investigating claims of attempted kidnapping involving two students at SK Sri Wangi here, on September 19 and 20.

KOTA TINGGI, Sept 2 — Two men and a woman who were believed to have lost their way while trekking down Gunung Panti here yesterday, were found safe last night, thanks to the location shared by one of them through the WhatsApp application.

PUTRAJAYA, June 28 — Telephone numbers are personal data that have become the most valuable item now and are at risk of being used by irresponsible parties either to make a profit or use it to harm someone, says Personal Data Protection Commissioner Mazmalek Mohamad.

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 — WhatsApp users with encrypted messages on their smartphones will now be able to keep the encryption when storing their messages on Google Drive and iCloud, the messaging app’s parent company Facebook said on Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to users around the world who faced disruption in accessing Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

REUTERS, Oct 5 — Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp at least partially reconnected to the global internet late on Monday afternoon Eastern time, nearly six hours into an outage that paralyzed the social media platform.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 — The police are investigating a claim by a woman, which was widely shared on social media today, that she had been contacted by a police officer via WhatsApp after submitting her interstate travel application.

By Zareef Muzammil SHAH ALAM, June 4 — No walk-in Covid-19 vaccination service for the public is provided at the Tanjung and Teratai halls in Section 19 here, says Shah Alam City Council (MBSA). MBSA issued a denial after a viral message this morning claimed that the two halls are open every...

ANKARA, May 15 — WhatsApp will not delete accounts and still cannot see users’ personal messages, the popular messaging app pledged Saturday, the day when controversial updates to its privacy policy took effect in some areas.