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Piramal to LIC: Indian companies complain about WhatsApp rumours, fake news

'Malicious social media campaigns' are forcing companies is forcing companies to take help from the authorities, say analysts.

Data processing compliance likely to delay WhatsApp Pay launch in India

The government, on several occasions, has made it clear that Indian financial data needs to be stored exclusively onshore and if it is processed outside, it needs to be brought back in 24 hours

US, allies ask Facebook for backdoor access to encrypted messages

Facebook would continue to work with authorities to strike a balance between privacy concerns and fighting crimes

Republican Senator asks Mark Zuckerberg to sell off Whatsapp, Instagram

The popular services are among some 70 companies that Facebook has acquired over the past 15 years or so, giving it what critics say is massive market power

Whatsapp monitoring: FB moots 'prospective' solution, fails to appease govt

The issue of traceability has been a flashpoint between the government and WhatsApp

WhatsApp woes: No more messages, orders Chief Justice of Allahabad HC

The latest to be hit by a WhatsApp blitz is none other than the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court

FB's plan to merge Insta, WhatsApp may make it harder to split: US FTC head

Last month, Facebook said it would pay a $5 billion fine to resolve a government probe into its privacy practices and boost safeguards on user data

Huawei technicians helped Uganda, Zambia govt spy on political opponents

Employees embedded with cybersecurity forces in Uganda and Zambia intercepted encrypted communications and used cell data to track opponents, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation

As WhatsApp launches payments service, Paytm and Phone Pe get ready for war

For most of the payments apps, it is time for pay back, given the investments incurred in on-boarding customers and building their networks

In process of complying with RBI's data localisation norms: WhatsApp to SC

Top court adjourns matter for six weeks to give WhatsApp, RBI time to file compliance reports

Getting your facts right

What is amazing is that well-educated people often swallow nonsense without any application of thought or judgement

WhatsApp will roll out payments service in India this year: Will Cathcart

He said that after increasing its business usage, especially with small entrepreneurs, the next step was "to provide payments to all of our users"

How to back up, restore WhatsApp chat history using Google Drive, storage

Here is a guide on how to back up your WhatsApp chat history on Google Drive, phone's internal storage and microSD card, and how to restore it on a new device

WhatsApp plans to roll out payments service in India later this year

Cathcart said the WhatsApp's vision is to make sending money as easy as sending a message on the platform

Facebook says resolving issues faced by users on WhatsApp, Instagram

The website's live outage map showed that the issues mainly cropped up in parts of Europe and the United States

A year after Android debut, 'WhatsApp Business' is all set for iOS launch

Launched in January 2018, 'WhatsApp Business' had only been made available on Android devices until now

IIT-M professor suggests simple solution to combat fake news on WhatsApp

The computer science professor has suggested that the contact number of the originator of a WhatsApp message should tail it when forwarded

Govt to develop its own version of WhatsApp for official communication

Any formal communication must take place over secure and indigenously developed networks

WhatsApp bug allowed installation of spyware

Whatsapp to take legal action against entities for sending bulk messages

In its FAQs section, the Facebook-owned company said its products are not intended for bulk or automated messaging and these are against its terms of service