Lawyers

• Facebook's WhatsApp Takes On Snapchat, Launches 'Status'

  Facebook's WhatsApp introduces "Status," a Snapchat-like "Stories" feature.

• Facebook charged after misleading EU on WhatsApp deal

  Facebook was charged by European Commission to pay 1 percent of its annual sells for providing "incorrect or misleading information" in seeking approval for Facebook-WhatsApp deal.

• Brazil Phone Carriers Ordered to Block Whatsapp for 72 Hours

  A Brazilian judge ordered phone carrier companies in the country to block Facebook-owned messaging app, Whatsapp. The blocking order was issued because Whatsapp did not comply in a previous court order to hand over personal information to assist an ongoing criminal investigation.

• WhatsApp to only support phones with the latest mobile platforms by 2017; Bad news for Blackberry, Nokia?

  WhatsApp announced that it will focus on the latest mobile operating systems by 2017. This could be bad news for BlackBerry and Nokia.

• Facebook abuses its market power dominancy over users, says Bundeskartellament

  The Bundeskartellament, Germany's cartel office, alleged that the social network may breach data protection and competition laws.

• Facebook executive arrested in Brazil as court seeks WhatsApp data

  Brazilian police detained a senior Facebook Inc. executive on Tuesday. This is due to an increased dispute over a court's order to provide the data from WhatsApp that would help in secretive drug-trafficking investigation.

• LGBT: Indonesia wants gay-themed emojis removed from messaging apps

  Indonesia wants Line and other messaging apps to remove their stickers which supports the LGBT community.

• Top U.N. climate official to miss key meeting due to sex harassment complaint: TRFN

  A top United Nations climate official, Rajendra Pachauri, has pulled out of a high-level meeting in Kenya next week, a spokesman said on Saturday, as Indian police investigate a sexual harassment complaint against him.

• Facebook-WhatsApp Deal spurs EU privacy probes

  A European data privacy group head told Bloomberg that Facebook could stand to receive a monumental fine, among other penalties should the result of the investigation launched by the group showed that the social media giant violated European laws on data privacy.

• Pundits say Facebook-Whatsapp deal will pass antitrust reviews

  Several experts in the mobile market believed that antitrust regulators will go easy on their review of the $19 billion Facebook-Whatsapp deal, despite a $2 billion breakup fee attached in the agreement, Bloomberg said in a report.