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                    [Title] => The real reason why Facebook bought WhatsApp
                    [Summary] => Since many of us are already on vacation mode, I thought I’d write something light and entertaining.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-04-05 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1806379
                    [AuthorName] => Andrew J. Masigan
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                    [Title] => Why did Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp shut down?
                    [Summary] => Hundreds of millions of people were unable to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for more than six hours on Monday, underscoring the world's reliance on platforms owned by the Silicon Valley giant.

But what actually caused the outage?  
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-10-06 07:19:00
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                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807017
                    [AuthorName] => Daniel Hoffman
                    [SectionName] => Technology
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                    [Title] => Privacy watchers flag WhatsApp's data-sharing rule change
                    [Summary] => The National Privacy Commission said the "broad language" that the popular messaging app used in its new privacy terms "has stirred confusion and concern." 
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-01-21 16:42:00
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                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805247
                    [AuthorName] => Ian Nicolas Cigaral
                    [SectionName] => Business
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                    [Title] => WhatsApp stresses privacy as users flock to rivals
                    [Summary] => WhatsApp reassured users about privacy at the Facebook-owned messaging service as people flocked to rivals Telegram and Signal following a tweak to its terms.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-01-13 09:22:00
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                    [Title] => Voice app experience in Philippines ranks among worst globally
                    [Summary] => Voice app experience in the Philippines, or calls made with apps such as WhatsApp, Skype and Facebook Messenger, has been rated as “very poor” and ranked among the worst globally, according to a report from mobile analytics firm OpenSignal.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-10-03 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Richmond Mercurio
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                    [Title] => Facebook services back online after worldwide outage
                    [Summary] => Facebook said it was "back at 100 percent" Wednesday evening after an outage on all of its services affected users in various parts of the world.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-07-04 11:00:00
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                    [Title] => WhatsApp limits message forwarding to fight 'fake news'
                    [Summary] => Facebook-owned mobile messaging platform WhatsApp announced Monday it was restricting how many times any given message can be forwarded in an effort to boost privacy and security.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-01-22 08:08:00
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                    [Title] => India asks WhatsApp to prevent misuse after mob killings
                    [Summary] => India's government says it has asked WhatsApp to take "immediate action" to prevent the social media platform from being misused to spread rumors and irresponsible statements like those blamed for recent deadly mob attacks in the country.
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-07-04 15:09:00
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                    [Title] => The unlikely founders behind WhatsApp's rise
                    [Summary] => 

WhatsApp isn't your average Silicon Valley startup.

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Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, by far the company's largest acquisition and bigger than any that Google, Microsoft or Apple have ever done.

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