Meta is scrambling to find a “solution” to its Messenger app being unintentionally included in the teen social media ban, in spite of the government’s promise it would be exempt. A seemingly ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Kik, a Canada-based app, was allegedly used as the avenue for a Louisville man to distribute child pornography. A search warrant return from Kik for Michael Booth reportedly ...

Meta has announced new tools to help WhatsApp and Messenger users protect themselves from potential scams and secure their accounts. On Messenger, the company has started testing more advanced ...

This is important because: Meta is steering desktop messaging into the browser, not native clients. That gives it one code path to maintain, faster rollouts, and tighter alignment across Windows and ...

Both desktop apps have been removed from app stores and will stop working in December. Both desktop apps have been removed from app stores and will stop working in December. is a senior editor and ...

Meta has published a support doc that states its Messenger app for Mac is being discontinued. New users won’t be able to download the app at all, and existing users have about 60 more days of use ...

Meta is shutting down Messenger’s stand-alone desktop apps for Windows and Mac on December 15, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. Starting December 15, users will no longer be able to ...

If you're using Messenger on macOS, you'll want to switch to something else — and probably sooner, rather than later. According to a pair of Facebook Help Center page, Facebook is axing its Desktop ...

UPDATE (10/14/25): Officials with the Indiana Department of Correction stated that Walker was hired with the department on July 25, 2016, and was discharged on Oct. 6, 2025 as a “parole officer 2.” ...

Before everyone had a smartphone in their pocket and access to countless free mobile games (both good and hot messes), people got their free gaming fixes from browser games. I have fond memories of ...

The Nevada attorney general has sued social media platforms like YouTube, TikTok and Facebook, alleging they harm children. Now, Attorney General Aaron Ford’s office is taking on Kik, a lesser-known ...

CANTON ‒ A 43-year-old Lake Township man has been placed on probation for sharing child sexual abuse videos on an app. Stark County Common Pleas Judge Natalie R. Haupt sentenced Christopher J. Clark ...