How to use WhatsApp Web
WhatsApp Messenger is a hugely popular international mobile chat and calling app, but it can also be used within your web browser. We show you how to do it......»»
Facebook doubles down on business tools with WhatsApp API updates, Login Connect for Messenger and more
WhatsApp now has more than 2 billion users globally, and by comparison its efforts to cultivate more business usage have been quite modest: just over 175 million people message with WhatsApp Business accounts daily for things like customer support or.....»»
WhatsApp Says It Won"t Limit Functionality If You Refuse Its Privacy Policy -- For Now
Since it was first announced in January, WhatsApp's new privacy policy has received a lot of criticism not only for sharing a significant amount of user data with Facebook but because the app threatened to cut functionality over time if users didn't.....»»
Facebook, WhatsApp, Google and Other Internet Giants Comply With India"s IT Rules
Google, Facebook, Telegram, LinkedIn and Tiger Global-backed Indian startups ShareChat and Koo have either fully or partially complied with the South Asian nation's new IT rules, TechCrunch reported Friday, citing two people familiar with the matter.....»»
Facebook, WhatsApp, Google and other internet giants comply with India’s IT rules
Google, Facebook, Telegram, LinkedIn and Tiger Global-backed Indian startups ShareChat and Koo have either fully or partially complied with the South Asian nation’s new IT rules, according to two people familiar with the matter and a government not.....»»
Silicon Valley is in a high-stakes standoff with India
WhatsApp is suing the Indian government. Twitter is concerned about getting wrapped up in a police investigation. Google is pledging to follow new tech rules in the country, but it's still early days......»»
WhatsApp sues Indian government in bid to block "mass surveillance" rules
WhatsApp has sued the Indian government in a bid to block new rules it says would lead to "mass surveillance" by forcing social media platforms to hand over private information about their users......»»
Yalo raises $50M to build ‘c-commerce’ services for chat apps like WhatsApp
Facebook has long been working on raising WhatsApp’s profile as a channel for businesses to interact with (and sell to) their customers. Today, a startup that has built a suite of tools for retailers and others to build and run those services o.....»»
India asks social media firms if they have complied with the new regulations
India has asked social media firms to provide specific details about whether they have complied with its new IT rules “as soon as possible” and “preferably today” even as the new regulations are being challenged by WhatsApp......»»
WhatsApp: Facebook-owned app goes to court over India privacy rules
WhatsApp says India's new digital media rules will violate the privacy of its users......»»
WhatsApp Sues India Government
WhatsApp has sued the Indian government challenging the second largest internet market's new regulations that could allow authorities to make people's private messages "traceable," and conduct mass surveillance. From a report: The Facebook-owned inst.....»»
WhatsApp sues India government over new regulations
WhatsApp is suing the Indian government over new regulations in India that could allow authorities to make people’s messages “traceable,” conduct mass surveillance and undermine users’ privacy. The instant messaging service, which identifies.....»»
Daily Crunch: India gives WhatsApp one week to revoke its updated privacy policy
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India tells WhatsApp to withdraw its new policy terms
The Indian government is not pleased with WhatsApp’s new privacy policy. The nation’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has once again directed the Facebook-owned company to withdraw the planned update. In a letter to Wha.....»»
Reminders on rise as WhatsApp update deadline looms
Users yet to accept new terms and conditions will now receive "persistent" reminders......»»
Facebook says it will ignore emergency data collection ban issued in Germany over WhatsApp rules
Johannes Caspar, the commissioner of the HmbBfDI, indicated in a press release that Facebook has a history of user-privacy abuse, pointing to the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the recent leak of 500 million records. More urgently, Caspar fears that.....»»
Facebook ordered not to apply controversial WhatsApp T&Cs in Germany
The Hamburg data protection agency has banned Facebook from processing the additional WhatsApp user data that the tech giant is granting itself access to under a mandatory update to WhatsApp’s terms of service. The controversial WhatsApp privac.....»»
Facebook Ordered To Stop Collecting German WhatsApp Data
Facebook was ordered to stop collecting German users' data from its WhatsApp unit, after a regulator in the nation said the company's attempt to make users agree to the practice in its updated terms isn't legal. From a report: Johannes Caspar, who he.....»»
WhatsApp users need to take action to keep the app working
WhatsApp users have until May 15 to accept its new privacy policies or face seeing the messaging app's functionality gradually removed......»»
WhatsApp won"t delete accounts that refuse to sign Facebook data-sharing policy, but they will be severely restricted
WhatsApp announced a controversial new privacy policy for non-EU users in January that allows their account data to be shared with the messaging app's owner, Facebook. The service has shared some information, such as phone numbers, with its parent si.....»»
WhatsApp, growing despite backlash, relaxes May 15 policy update deadline
It’s safe to say WhatsApp didn’t have the ideal start to 2021. Less than a week into the new year, the Facebook-owned instant messaging app had already annoyed hundreds of thousands of users with its scary worded notification about a planned poli.....»»