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End of free social media era: Meta moves to subscription model

Meta launches 'Meta One' subscription tiers, signaling shift from free social media; The move aims to fund costly AI infrastructure and satisfy investors, but raises criticism for monetizing core features and breaking WhatsApp’s historic “free forever” promise

Raphael Kahan | 05.28.26

Meta launches premium subscriptions for WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook

Meta’s paid tiers add extra features to WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, while new Meta One plans will test AI tools for users, businesses and creators in Singapore, Guatemala and Bolivia

Calcalist | 05.28.26

The $200M WhatsApp message that stunned Israeli medicine

President of Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center says WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum’s donation, the largest gift in Israeli healthcare history, grew from years of trust, quiet ties and a shared vision for the capital's medical future

Sarit Rosenblum | 05.26.26

Whatsapp co-founder donates $200 million to Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Jan Koum Family Foundation is behind the donation; it is expected to triple the capacity of the Jerusalem hospital, which currently has about 1,000 beds; It is the largest donation in the history of Israel’s health care system

Adrian Filut, Calcalist | 05.08.26

US lawsuit against Meta could reshape Facebook and Instagram

New Mexico’s attorney general is pressing Meta to overhaul Facebook and Instagram over child safety, seeking strict age checks, usage caps and limits on addictive features—moves that could reshape social media globally

Raphael Kahan | 05.04.26

As WhatsApp faces lawsuit, Elon Musk launches 'no tracking' messaging app XChat

App will offer encrypted chats, voice and video calls, large group messaging and disappearing messages, initially for iPhone and iPad users only, with no ads or phone number required to sign up

Israel Wullman | 04.12.26

‘Like a casino for kids’: Zuckerberg faces jury in test case alleging Meta harms children

Meta CEO is set to answer before a jury to claims that Instagram and Facebook used addictive techniques that harm children, as a 20-year-old plaintiff alleges the apps worsened her depression and suicidal thoughts

Israel Wullman | 02.18.26

Meta says Russia tried to block WhatsApp to advance state-controlled Max app

Meta said Russian authorities sought to isolate 100 million users to promote the state-backed Max app, part of a broader push to build a ‘sovereign internet’ and tighten control and censorship over Western social media platforms

Israel Wullman | 02.12.26

WhatsApp takes on Zoom as voice and video calls to roll out on WhatsApp Web

At first, the feature will be limited to one-on-one chats and beta users, before rolling out more widely and giving Linux users and others full browser-based calling

Daniela Ginzburg | 02.09.26

Most expensive Whatsapp ever: Businessman sent message to his ex-girlfriend and it cost him a penthouse

The text message may have been costly, but the district court accepted the bulk of the man's appeal and ruled that his ex-partner, who had an intimate relationship with his best friend, is not entitled to half of his entire estate

Lital Dubrovitsky | 02.04.26

Israeli hackathon taps Waze and tech giants to boost early breast cancer detection

The LifeHack hackathon by One in Nine partnered women entrepreneurs with companies like Waze and Monday.com to embed breast cancer screening reminders into everyday digital tools

Tzur Gueta | 01.07.26

WhatsApp’s new upcoming feature lets anyone find you without your phone number

Messaging app rolls out a new feature allowing users to find and message others by username instead of phone number; update, currently in beta for Android, maintains end-to-end encryption and adds optional safety controls

Daniela Ginzburg | 09.01.25

WhatsApp launches AI-powered writing assistant

New AI tool offers tone, style and clarity suggestions within WhatsApp chats, using encrypted processing to preserve user privacy

Daniela Ginzburg | 08.28.25

New WhatsApp feature bolsters security to combat group chat scams

Daniela Ginzburg | 08.06.25

נשק אמריקאי שנמכר חופשי על ידי סוחרים חות'ים ב-X

‘Death to America’ and guns for sale: Houthi-linked arms dealers use social media for illegal trade

Digital watchdog reports Houthi-affiliated arms dealers openly selling US-marked military weapons on WhatsApp and X, exploiting paid platform tools and evading detection despite policies banning such trade

Daniela Ginzburg | 07.17.25