WhatsApp Privacy

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is facing a server-side issue, making it impossible to update the privacy setting "who can see when I'm online," globally on iOS

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

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

All those under age 16 (or under 18 in some countries) will be defaulted into more private settings when they join Facebook, Meta says

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

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

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

In the beta version, when a user tries to take a screenshot of a self-destructing image, a toast message appears reading, "Can't take screenshot due to security policy"

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

If SC upholds the Policy, CCI can ascertain whether or not the provisions of the Competition Act have been violated

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

Platform will allow stealth mode and prevent screenshots of 'view once' messages

Through this 'login feature' on WhatsApp, the user will get in-app alerts when someone else will try to log in to their account

Appeal was against earlier order refusing to stay CCI probe into WhatsApp's new privacy policy

EU privacy watchdog EDPB on Wednesday gave the Irish data protection agency a month to issue a long-delayed decision on compliance by WhatsApp after its peers objected to its draft finding

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IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said that WhatsApp users have nothing to fear about new social media rules, that are designed to prevent abuse and misuse of platforms

A rule drafted by the IT ministry will lead to a 'dangerous invasion of privacy' and was 'unconstitutional', says company in lawsuit.