Spain wants to scrap end-to-end encryption
According to a leaked EU document, there is significant appetite from some EU member states to allow private messages to be scanned in order to curb the spread of child sexual abuse material.
According to a leaked EU document, there is significant appetite from some EU member states to allow private messages to be scanned in order to curb the spread of child sexual abuse material.
The heads of a bunch of messaging apps, including WhatsApp and Signal, have written an open letter imploring the UK government to urgently rethink its proposed new internet law.
The UK government will soon conduct a nationwide test of a system that will allow it to push messages to nearly all mobile phones.
Over-the-top business messaging is set for exponential growth and could threaten operators’ SMS revenues, according to Juniper Research.
European public warning system specialist Intersec was chosen by O2 Telefónica to run a new system for alerting German people in times of emergency.
Much-maligned Rich Communication Services (RCS) are said to be proving their worth to advertisers.
The UK state’s obsession with end-to-end encryption shows no sign of abating, with a questionable £0.5 million ad campaign set to be launched.
The first ever SMS was sent over the Vodafone network 29 years ago and soon one lucky collector will own it.
Users of Microsoft Teams will be able to directly access Workplace stuff without leaving the app, in a move that will add to concerns over the ubiquity of big tech.
US internet company Facebook is responsible for two of the world’s major social media services as well as one of its biggest messaging platforms, so when it goes down everyone suffers.
A couple of investigations have revealed that some services that pride themselves on user privacy might not be nearly as secure as they claim.
Facebook has reportedly begun testing a version of Messenger that will add voice and video calling to the world’s largest social network.
Following in the footsteps of T-Mobile and AT&T, the last of America’s “big three” Verizon announced that Android Messages will be the default bearer of its RCS messaging service from next year.
Messages by Google will soon be the default messaging app for all AT&T Android customers in the US, effectively killing attempts by operators to establish their own RCS platform.
US law enforcement agency the FBI twice managed to trick criminals into using digital services it had access to.
The Indian government is increasingly unhappy about its inability to intercept private communications.
Messaging app Signal created an Instagram ad campaign that would have specified the personal information used to target it.
Up-and-coming cloud messaging platform company MessageBird has announced the acquisitions of two companies that will boost its portfolio of customer engagement services.
After a decade of false starts Rich Communications Service has hit the mainstream with Google making it available to all Android users.
The latest version of the operating system that runs most of the world’s smartphones has been unveiled.
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28 May 2023 @ 11:10:10 UTC
President Biden has nominated telco lawyer Anna Gomez for Commissioner of the US Federal Communications Commission hhttps://t.co/So1MdLMx9J
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