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WhatsApp details privacy and safety features rolled out in 2022

WhatsApp on Thursday announced a list of privacy and safety features it rolled out this year. These features include admin control, online presence, code verification, and more. Details here

WhatsApp Pay's India head steps down amid series of top-level departures

Vinay Choletti leaving as Meta-owned messaging platform ramps up investments in its payment service in India

WhatsApp announces 'Message Yourself' feature: What is it and how it works

The 'Message Yourself' feature is a 1:1 chat window on WhatsApp for the user to transferring media, documents, contacts, and more to self

WhatsApp India boss Abhijit Bose, Meta India public policy head quit

This development comes close on the heels of Meta laying off 11,000 employees worldwide, or about 13 per cent of its workforce, as it battles faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes

WhatsApp India head, Meta Public Policy director step down

Director Public Policy Meta India Rajiv Aggarwal too resigned from his position

Facing deportation, sacked workers on US visas say Meta abandoned them

The affected workers have now created a WhatsApp group to share their concerns. A majority of the about 300 people in the group are from India, the report said

WhatsApp Communities: What is it, how it works, and how to get started

WhatsApp's Communities feature allow users to manage multiple groups by bringing them under one umbrella

Ajit Mohan quits as head of Meta India; Manish Chopra interim chief

Meta Platforms announced that Ajit Mohan, Vice President and Managing Director of its India unit has stepped down from his role to pursue another opportunity outside of the company

TMS Ep291: WhatsApp service, GM mustard, airline stocks, GSLV Mark III

Is it time to think of WhatsApp as a public service? Are the fears over GM mustard overblown? Are airline stocks set to fly high? What made GSLV Mark III's last mission special? All answers here

Is it time to think of WhatsApp as a public service?

Recently, WhatsApp went down for two hours. But this longest-ever glitch in WhatsApp forced millions of us to introspect, and ask one question: Is it time to think of WhatsApp as a public service?

WhatsApp is back: Services restored after 2 hours of global outage

According to Downdetector website nearly 29,000 reports were flagged by users on the WhatsApp outage

WhatsApp shares protocols for platform users to prevent account from ban

According to WhatsApp's monthly user safety report, over 2.3 million Indian accounts were banned in the month of August this year

SC clears decks for CCI probe into WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policy

The apex court cleared the decks for the regulator to further probe and reach finality in the case it initiated in March 2021 against WhatsApp for alleged abuse of dominance

WhatsApp hacked? Here's how to check if someone else is using your account

Never share your WhatsApp SMS verification code with others, not even family or friends

WhatsApp new feature: Search chats by date. Here is how to do it

WhatsApp New Feature: The meta-owned platform announced the new feature where users can search the chat with the mentioned date instead of typing keywords. Read this detailed report to know more

When sending a WhatsApp voice message, what you should or shouldn't do

With an average of 7 billion voice messages sent every day globally, they are a popular way of sharing in-the-moment updates

DoT and TRAI to start consultation on regulating OTT communication apps

The telecom operators will welcome the move as they have long demanded that OTT communication apps that provide the same services as operators should be subjected to similar regulations

WhatsApp privacy policy places users in 'take it or leave it' situation: HC

The Delhi High Court has held that WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policy places its users in a "take it or leave it" situation, virtually forcing them into an agreement by providing a mirage of choices and then sharing their data with its parent company Facebook. The high court's verdict came while dismissing appeals of WhatsApp and Facebook against an order rejecting their challenge to a probe ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into the instant messaging platform's updated privacy policy of 2021. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad said the single judge's April 22, 2021 order was well-reasoned and the appeals are devoid of merit and substance that would warrant the interference of this court. While the judgement was pronounced by the division bench on Thursday, it was uploaded on the court's website on Friday. The high court noted that the instant messaging platform, WhatsApp, occupies a dominant position in the market for OTT .

Whatsapp Desktop feature: Connect your device while staying offline

WhatsApp Desktop introduces a new feature in WhatsApp native app that will let you stay connected even after switching off. Read this article to know how you can connect offline easily

WhatsApp to roll out new privacy features; to allow users to leave silently

The new privacy features of WhatsApp are expected to roll out this month onwards, said Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO