Facebook has recently decided to force all its mobile users to install its Facebook Messenger application for messaging purposes rather than letting them chat via the official Facebook mobile app. The ...

Afternoon Aug. 4, 2014 Update: Facebook says Messenger asks for similar permissions that other messaging systems ask for and that some of the confusion about its permission requests comes from the ...

Facebook which received a lot of backlash for pushing its Messenger mobile app, has set up a web page to explain the app permissions in detail. Facebook rolled out its Facebook Messenger mobile app to ...

Facebook ignited a flood of criticism last week when it began requiring mobile users to load its Messenger app for Android and iOS separate from its basic Facebook app. Some users complained about ...

For the large part of last week, mobile users who wanted to make use of Facebook’s built-in messaging platform were notified that you would no longer be able to send messages unless you install the ...

If you use the Facebook iOS app, you've probably noticed that the social network's private SMS-like Messenger functionality is migrating out of the "mother" application and into the standalone ...

Many Facebook users were already cranky about Messenger, the new mobile chat app that Facebook began pushing last week. But over the weekend, much more upsetting revelations surfaced about the app — ...

TORONTO – Over the past week concerns surrounding the permissions found in Facebook’s Messenger app have created quite the stir amongst users. The app – which Facebook is slowly forcing all users to ...

The permissions which Facebook's Messenger app looks for have been causing confusion and anger, but its nothing Facebook's main app doesn't request already. Reuters You may have noticed a lot of your ...