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The govt vs WhatsApp controversy over new privacy policy explained

This is the second time the government has asked the Facebook-owned firm to withdraw its new privacy policy. And that makes the matter a tad crucial to all WhatsApp users in the country

India gives WhatsApp 7 days to roll back new privacy policy: Report

Many Indian users depend on WhatsApp for communicating; irresponsible for WhatsApp to leverage its position in the Indian market to impose unfair terms and conditions, says MeitY, according to sources

WhatsApp for Business gets new feature to improve shopping experience

WhatsApp on Wednesday announced two new features to make it easier for people to know whats available and for entrepreneurs to quickly sell their products on WhatsApp for Business

India asks WhatsApp to withdraw new privacy policy, answer 14 questions

WhatsApp has rolled back the update deadline from February 8 to May after it faced a huge backlash

Govt looking into WhatsApp privacy policy changes: Ravi Shankar Prasad

There has been a user backlash over a new privacy policy of WhatsApp

Chinese hackers luring Indian WhatsApp users into 'part-time' jobs

New Delhi-based think-tank Cyberpeace Foundation said on Monday that China-based hackers are targeting WhatsApp users in the country with the promise of 'part-time' jobs

Explained: Concerns over WhatsApp's new privacy policy and options for you

Listen to the podcast to know that if you tap on 'agree' for WhatsApp's new privacy policy, what exactly you are signing up for?

Traders' body asks govt to ban WhatsApp, Facebook over new privacy policy

Traders' body CAIT wrote to Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad demanding that the government restrict WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy or impose a ban on it

WhatsApp's new privacy policy: What changes and why it's a worry

Users must agree to the changes, or they won't be able to use WhatsApp

Accept WhatsApp's revised policies by Feb 8 to continue using its services

WhatsApp users received an in-app notification on Wednesday asking them to either accept the changes in its Terms of Service and privacy policy by February 8 or their accounts will be deleted

No fee will be charged for sending money via WhatsApp: Mark Zuckerberg

No fee will be charged when sending money via WhatsApp, said Facebook CEO Zuckerberg following the nod by National Payments Corporation of India for WhatsApp to go live on UPI in the multi-bank model

Understanding WhatsApp and its end-to-end encryption for privacy, security

One of WhatsApp's key features is end-to-end encryption, which means the messages sent using WhatsApp are only visible to the sender and receiver of the message

WhatsApp brand campaign in India sets itself as secure messaging platform

With over 400 million users, India is among the biggest markets for WhatsApp

WhatsApp Pay accused of foul play; CCI reviewing antitrust allegations

The case is based on a mid-March complaint that accused WhatsApp of bundling pay service within its messaging app to abuse its market position and penetrate India's booming digital payments space

SC seeks WhatsApp Pay response to PIL alleging breach of regulations

WhatsApp Pay is the UPI-based payments system of Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp, embedded within the app itself

In a bid to take on Zoom, WhatsApp web may integrate with Messenger Rooms

It will enable users to connect with their friends and family via Messenger Rooms from their PCs and laptops

WhatsApp launches chatbot to bust fake news, allies with global group

Bot has been built to tackle misinformation, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic, by connecting people with independent fact-checkers in more than 70 countries

WhatsApp now allows up to 8 people to join a group video call: Details here

WhatsApp emphasised that like written messages, all calls on its platform are protected with end-to-end encryption

WhatsApp clamps down further on frequent forwards to stem misinformation

Once a message has been previously forwarded five times, it can henceforth only be forwarded one chat at a time

WhatsApp faces global outage, users take to Twitter to report issues

According to Downdetetector.com, the problem started in the evening around 4 p.m. and alive outage map showed users in India, Europe, Brazil and in Southeast Asia were affected by the outage.