Tag: WhatsApp

WhatsApp sues Indian government over new privacy rules – sources

WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in Delhi against the Indian government seeking to block regulations coming into force on Wednesday that experts say would compel Facebook’s (FB.O) messaging app to break privacy protections, sources said. The case asks the Delhi High Court to declare that one of the new IT […]

WhatsApp hires Amazon Pay’s Mahatme to lead India payments -sources

WhatsApp has hired a top Amazon executive to head its payments business in India, two sources told Reuters, as the messenger service gears up to expand in the booming sector. Manesh Mahatme, who has worked at Amazon Pay (AMZN.O) for nearly seven years, is due to join WhatsApp’s payment service […]

Don’t join WhatsApp if not accepting new policy: HC

New Delhi, Jan 18: The Delhi High Court on Monday said accepting the new privacy policy of social messaging app WhatsApp was a “voluntary” thing and one can choose not to use or join that platform if one did not agree with its terms and conditions. “It is a […]

WhatsApp limits ‘forwards’ to 5 chats for users globally to combat fake news

New Delhi : WhatsApp will now globally limit message ‘forwards’ to five chats at a time, a practice it had introduced in India in July last year to crack down on spread of rumours and fake news through its platform. In an update to its blog Monday, the Facebook-owned […]

WhatsApp limits message forwarding to fight ‘fake news’

San Francisco  :  Facebook-owned mobile messaging platform WhatsApp has announced it was restricting how many times any given message can be forwarded in an effort to boost privacy and security. In July, WhatsApp rolled out safeguards in India that included limiting the number of users to whom a message […]

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