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New guidelines for financial influencers under works, says Sebi

Merely giving disclaimers may not guard finfluencers from regulatory action

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

WhatsApp tests companion mode on Android: What is it, how it works and more

With the companion mode, WhatsApp would allow linking existing WhatsApp account to secondary smartphone

WhatsApp tests new feature to flag calls missed due to DND service: Details

Users will see a handy tagline right under the missed call history item indicating that the call was silenced by Do Not Disturb

Explained: What is the difference between WhatsApp Communities and Groups

A few new features that Meta is providing could enhance daily communications. The use of new in-chat polls could be beneficial for choosing a meeting time or a movie to watch

Meta Platforms' India staffers on edge over layoff media reports

The global tech giant is struggling, but its India unit is performing rather well

Telegram launches new updates with topics in groups, collectible usernames

Users can now assign multiple collectible usernames to each of their accounts and publicly accessible channels on Telegram, so others can find and contact them easily

Google Messages tests redesigned 'photo picker' feature: Details here

Google has begun testing a newly designed gallery-focused 'photo picker' in its Messages feature

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

Mark Zuckerberg announces 32-person video call on WhatsApp: Details here

The new feature will allow admins to better organise the conversations "under one umbrella", Zuckerberg added

WhatsApp introduces 'Online Presence', 'Communities' features: Details here

In-chat polls, 32-person video calling, and group of up to 1024 members are some other features rolled out by the instant messaging platform WhatsApp

Paid Twitter blue ticks? A look at the origin of social media verification

Elon Musk on Tuesday announced that Twitter users would have to 'buy' their verification blue ticks for $8 per month

WhatsApp bans 2.6 mn bad accounts in India as amended IT rules take shape

Currently, social media intermediaries are only required to inform users about not uploading certain categories of harmful/unlawful content

WhatsApp tests 'message yourself' feature for Android, iOS: Details here

This feature will help in transferring media, documents, contacts, and more from one device to the other

Instagram down for several users, days after global WhatsApp outage

According to outage-tracking website Downdetector, at the peak of the outage, over 7,000 users reported being unable to log in

WhatsApp, Signal may not require licences to operate in India: Report

Telecom minister has said that regulations in the draft telecom bill will protect the customers from cyberattacks and will only be 'light touch'

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 submits report to IT Ministry on Tuesday's service outage

Messaging platform WhatsApp has submitted its report to the IT ministry on the service outage that happened on Tuesday, according to government sources. The ministry had asked the Meta-owned messaging platform to share reasons for the service disruption. WhatsApp services snag on Tuesday had left users complaining about not being able to send or receive text and video messages, and services had resumed after nearly two hours. The sources said that WhatsApp has submitted its report on the service outage. Details about the submissions could not be immediately ascertained. An e-mail sent to WhatsApp on the issue did not elicit a response. In a late night statement on Tuesday, WhatsApp said a "technical error" caused the outage. "The brief outage was a result of a technical error on our part and has now been resolved," a Meta company spokesperson had said. According to Downdetector, which tracks outage reports, the messaging app was not working for many users across multiple region