Fears of Tory coup after Robert Jenrick sets up WhatsApp group in plea for marathon donations

found 2025 › Apr › 17 (Thu) @ 16:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The shadow justice secretary was attempting to share a fundraising link for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity he is running for at next weekend's London marathon.

Robert Jenrick adds hundreds to WhatsApp group in mix-up

found 2025 › Apr › 17 (Thu) @ 12:40 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Hundreds of contacts were mistakenly added to a group set up to promote the Tory MP's marathon run.

Britain's 'bullying' school WhatsApps: How parents gang up on teachers, embarrass children and humiliate parents in cliquey group chats

found 2025 › Apr › 16 (Wed) @ 01:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

A WhatsApp chat of parents seems innocent on the surface but, according to testimonies from parents across the nation, they are a place where clique behaviours and humiliation run rife.

Zuckerberg feared monopoly scrutiny and mulled Instagram split, files show

found 2025 › Apr › 16 (Wed) @ 00:35 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Testimony that Instagram was ‘better’ seems to bolster allegations Meta used ‘buy or bury’ tactic to snap up rivals

Meta’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram in 2018 in …

Britain's most hated mother's torment in the school WhatsApp group: I was bullied and called a s*** in the mums' chat - now I think they should be banned for good

found 2025 › Apr › 15 (Tue) @ 06:35 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Carla Bellucci, from Hertfordshire, likened the chats to 'school bullying' and says she was repeatedly left out by other mums, who wouldn't invite her to meet-ups.

I was bullied and called a s*** in the school mums' WhatsApp group - now I think they should be banned for good

found 2025 › Apr › 15 (Tue) @ 01:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Carla Bellucci, from Hertfordshire, likened the chats to 'school bullying' and says she was repeatedly left out by other mums, who wouldn't invite her to meet-ups.

Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta in social media monopoly trial

found 2025 › Apr › 15 (Tue) @ 00:35 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

The US government is seeking to break up Meta by forcing a spinoff of Instagram or WhatsApp.

Meta faces antitrust claims at trial over Instagram and WhatsApp ownership

found 2025 › Apr › 14 (Mon) @ 15:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Facebook parent faces threats of illegal social media monopoly after spending billions to acquire two platforms

Facebook parent Meta Platforms faces a high-stakes trial in Washington starting on Monda…

Meta resorted to 'buy-or-bury scheme' with Instagram and WhatsApp deals, former FTC Chair Lina Khan says

found 2025 › Apr › 14 (Mon) @ 14:25 UTC

a story from CNBC › Top News

Former FTC Chair Lina Khan said Monday that Facebook's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp drastically changed the social networking ecosystem.

Meta faces the FTC as blockbuster antitrust trial kicks off

found 2025 › Apr › 14 (Mon) @ 12:40 UTC

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Meta will face off against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday in an antitrust trial that could result in the company divesting Instagram and WhatsApp.