is a former news writer for The Verge. Facebook is expanding access to a feature that allows group organizers to create curated live Messenger chat groups. It’s called Community Chats, and it’ll allow ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced “Community Chats” are coming to Messenger and Facebook Groups. Community Chat is similar to Discord. It allows large Messenger groups to organize chats into ...

Facebook has begun testing default end-to-end encryption (E2EE) on Messenger. Parent company Meta Thursday announced that the test begins this week with chats between a small group of users. It will ...

Facebook Messenger announced it’s testing end-to-end encrypted backups, while also bringing more updates on end-to-end encrypted messages and calls. Here’s what’s changing with the app. Facebook ...

Meta has announced that a new feature, the so-called ‘Community Chats’, is coming to Messenger and Facebook Groups. Meta says that this feature is supposed to “let people connect more deeply with ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Facebook has shared an ...