Facebook plans to let Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp users message each other

as mentioned in Facebook is working to allow cross-messaging between Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp, according to a report in The New York Times this morning. "We want to build the best messaging experiences we can; and people want messaging to be fast, simple, reliable and private," a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement. "We're working on making more of our messaging products end-to-end encrypted and considering ways to make it easier to reach friends and family across networks. Facebook has the most users of any other social media platform, and by combining its assets this way, the company could more directly compete with Apple's iMessage and Google's messaging services. ET: Updated to include a statement from Facebook.

Facebook confirms years-old messages are randomly coming back to haunt users

First reported by users on Twitter, the company now confirms that older messages are being treated as new, unread ones and popping up in the Messenger tab on Facebook.com. "Some people are seeing older messages on Facebook.com. Old Facebook messages popping up from years ago. — Ilija Jerković (@ilijajerkovic) November 26, 2018Thank you @facebook for sending me notifications of messages sent over a year old. "Earlier today, some people may have experienced Facebook resending older messages.

Facebook monitors and tracks the locations of users it deems a threat

referring to Facebook monitors and tracks the locations of its users when the company's security team finds that they are making credible threats on its social network, according to a report from CNBC today. But it's unclear exactly who determines what is a credible threat or what criteria a threat has to meet to be deemed credible. Security employees at Facebook can use Facebook's own product to identify and track anyone it believes to be a threat. "Our physical security team exists to keep Facebook employees safe," a Facebook spokesman said in a statement to CNBC. Reportedly, location data didn't turn up anything of value, so Facebook security employees went through the interns' messages.

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