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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.

WhatsApp, Signal cite encryption, privacy to avoid compliance, says govt

While in some cases, the ministry said, only meta data is shared and for majority cases either mutual legal assistance treaty or letter rogatory is insisted upon which is a very time-consuming process

WhatsApp snooping: FB India chief appears before parliamentary panel

Facebook owned WhatsApp has over 1.5 billion users globally, of which India accounts for about 400 million

Two parliamentary panels to take up WhatsApp snooping case

WhatsApp on Thursday said Indian journalists and human rights activists were among those globally spied upon by unnamed entities using an Israeli spyware Pegasus

WhatsApp hacked to spy on govt officials in 20 countries, including India

The revelation comes as more than a dozen Indian journalists and human rights activists said on Thursday they were also targeted

How Indians are turning to WhatsApp to talk about food, culinary traditions

The application, blamed for all kinds of mayhem on the subcontinent, has proved a boon for farmers, home cooks and chefs who once lacked a way to share

WhatsApp to appoint head of India operations by year-end to curb fake news

WhatsApp Vice President Chris Daniels on Wednesday met IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Can't trace message origin, it'll undermine end-to-end encryption: WhatsApp

The Indian government has served two notices to WhatsApp seeking details of actions it has taken to curb the menace of fake messages

WhatsApp caps message forwarding to 5 chats, scraps quick forward option

WhatsApp has received flak from the government over fake news and false information on its platform. Such messages have incited mob-fury, triggering lynchings

WhatsApp tweaks message forwarding options in India to curb toxic rumours

The Facebook-owned platform will be limiting forwards of photos, videos and messages to five chats in India and remove the quick forward button next to media messages