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In this photo illustration a NSO Group logo is displayed on a phone
NSO Group
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US court orders spyware company NSO to stop targeting WhatsApp

A US court has ordered Israel's NSO Group to stop targeting WhatsApp, a development the spyware company warned could put it out of business

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 October, 2025
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Russia
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Russia imposes curbs on WhatsApp, Telegram calls

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 August, 2025
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US jury awards WhatsApp compensation from Israel-based NSO Group

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 May, 2025
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Israel
MENA
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Italian journalist names self as target of Israel spyware attack

The New Arab Staff
01 February, 2025
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Israel
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Meta's WhatsApp says Israeli spyware company targeted users

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 January, 2025
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Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Israel reportedly 'communicated with Assad on WhatsApp'

The New Arab Staff
28 December, 2024
WhatsApp Iran [Getty]
Iran
MENA
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Iran cyberspace council votes to lift ban on WhatsApp

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 December, 2024
Meta
World
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Iranian hackers targeted WhatsApp accounts of Biden, Trump staff

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 August, 2024
Sudan war
Society
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Sudan's diaspora use mobile voice notes as war archive

The New Arab Staff

Janine AlHadidi

02 July, 2024
There's No One Like Us: Moroccan-Belgian photographer Mous Lamrabat teams up with WhatsApp to capture global connectivity
Photography
Art
Culture
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Mous Lamrabat and WhatsApp capture cross-cultural creativity

Rawaa Talass

Rawaa Talass

29 June, 2023
social media
World
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Facebook owner Meta to lay off over 11,000 staff: Zuckerberg

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 November, 2022
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Turkey
World
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Turkey competition board fines Meta Platforms $18.6 million

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 October, 2022
The Iranian government said it was restricting the use of WhatsApp [Getty]
Iran
MENA
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WhatsApp says it is working to keep Iranians connected

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 September, 2022
TikTok
MENA
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Tens of Gazan journalists blocked from Facebook and TikTok

The New Arab Staff
06 September, 2022
WhatsApp Lebanon
Beirut port blast
MENA
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WhatsApp Lebanon? How Lebanese truly felt after Beirut blast

The New Arab Staff
04 August, 2022
WhatsApp
World
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WhatsApp founder donates $2 million to AIPAC

Brooke Anderson
27 July, 2022
Kuwait
MENA
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'Devil present' in mixed-gender WhatsApp chat: Kuwait cleric

The New Arab Staff
26 July, 2022
Facebook
Offbeat
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Facebook 'to announce new group name next week': report

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 October, 2021
Facebook
Economy
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Facebook fights outage as whistleblower testimony looms

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 October, 2021
Turkey
MENA
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Turkey fines WhatsApp over data breach

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 September, 2021
digital rights
MENA
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Dozens of Palestinian journalists say blocked by WhatsApp

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 May, 2021