CCI imposes ₹213 crore penalty on Meta over 2021 WhatsApp private policy update
1 month, 3 weeks ago

CCI imposes ₹213 crore penalty on Meta over 2021 WhatsApp private policy update

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India’s competition watchdog on Monday imposed a ₹213-crore penalty on Meta for abusing its dominant position as the 2021 privacy policy update of its messaging app WhatsApp undermined users’ ability to opt out of getting their data shared with the group’s social media platform Facebook. For purposes other than advertising, WhatsApp’s policy should include a detailed explanation of the user data shared with other Meta group companies or products specifying the purpose, the CCI said. The CCI said the WhatsApp’s policy update on a ‘take it-or-leave-it’ basis constituted imposing an unfair condition as it compels all users to accept expanded data collection terms and sharing of data within Meta group without any opt-out. The CCI said that sharing WhatsApp users’ data between Meta companies for purposes other than providing WhatsApp Service creates an entry barrier for its rivals and results in denial of market access in the display advertisement market in violation of the competition law.

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NCLAT to hear Meta’s plea against ₹213 crore CCI fine on WhatsApp privacy policy on 16 Jan
5 days, 1 hour ago

NCLAT to hear Meta’s plea against ₹213 crore CCI fine on WhatsApp privacy policy on 16 Jan

Live Mint  

A bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal is set to hear on 16 January an appeal by Meta Platforms against an order by India’s competition regulator that levied a penalty on the US tech giant for allegedly abusing its dominant position. Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, approached the NCLAT on Monday against the order of the Competition …

WhatsApp Pay is Now Available To All Users in India
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1 week, 2 days ago

WhatsApp Pay is Now Available To All Users in India

Deccan Chronicle  

The National Payments Corporation of India has lifted the UPI user onboarding limit for WhatsApp Pay. “National Payments Corporation of India has removed the UPI user onboarding limit for WhatsApp Pay, with immediate effect. With this development, WhatsApp Pay can now extend UPI services to its entire user base in India,” NPCI said in a press release. NPCI had imposed …

WhatsApp tops cyber scam charts: Over 43,000 complaints in 2024’s first quarter, report
1 week, 2 days ago

WhatsApp tops cyber scam charts: Over 43,000 complaints in 2024’s first quarter, report

Live Mint  

Meta-owned WhatsApp has been identified as one of the prime platforms for online scams, followed closely by Telegram and Instagram, according to the latest report from the Union Home Ministry. In the first quarter of 2024 alone, a total of 43,797 complaints regarding cyber frauds through WhatsApp were filed, with 22,680 complaints against Telegram and 19,800 concerning Instagram. The Ministry …

Government lifts 100 million cap on WhatsApp Payment, allowing Meta to rollout service to all users in India
1 week, 4 days ago

Government lifts 100 million cap on WhatsApp Payment, allowing Meta to rollout service to all users in India

India Today  

India is home to WhatsApp’s largest user base of over 500 million people. The government, on Tuesday, has removed restrictions on the app’s payments service, WhatsApp Payment, which is a major win for parent company Meta. Initially capped at 40 million users in 2020 and later extended to 100 million in 2022, the cautious approach by NPCI reflected concerns over …

WhatsApp, Instagram, FB Face Global Outage
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4 weeks, 2 days ago

WhatsApp, Instagram, FB Face Global Outage

Deccan Chronicle  

Meta owned WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook, experienced a global outage on Wednesday, disrupting services for millions of users. Reports of the outage began at around 11:29 p.m. IST, with users unable to send or receive messages, make calls, or access WhatsApp Web. While WhatsApp is gradually restoring services, Instagram users report being unable to post content The error indicates a …

WhatsApp Scams: Government asks Meta to tackle cases of cyber frauds after TRAI's appeal
1 month ago

WhatsApp Scams: Government asks Meta to tackle cases of cyber frauds after TRAI's appeal

Live Mint  

Indian government has asked Meta to tackle the growing scams on WhatsApp. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology secretary S Krishnan confirmed that the government had taken up the matter of growing scams with WhatsApp while noting that its an ongoing process. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Anil Kumar Lahoti also confirmed to Economic Times that WhatsApp calls are handled …

WhatsApp takes EU privacy board battle to top European court
1 month, 2 weeks ago

WhatsApp takes EU privacy board battle to top European court

The Hindu  

Meta's WhatsApp took its fight against the European Data Protection Board to Europe's highest court on Tuesday, saying it should be able to challenge a ruling that led to a 225 million euro fine by Ireland's privacy watchdog. The Irish data protection watchdog handed out the penalty in 2021 after complaints about WhatsApp's use of personal data in Ireland. WhatsApp …

Meta’s misuse of its market clout served a privacy alert to millions
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Meta’s misuse of its market clout served a privacy alert to millions

Live Mint  

News of Meta Platforms being slapped with a ₹213 crore penalty by the Competition Commission of India was met with some degree of satisfaction by WhatsApp users who had felt bullied by its 2021 privacy-policy update that offered us no choice but to let it share our data with other platforms owned by the US-based company once called Facebook. While …

‘Disagree’: Meta to challenge CCI's order on WhatsApp data-sharing policy
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

‘Disagree’: Meta to challenge CCI's order on WhatsApp data-sharing policy

Hindustan Times  

Social media giant Meta on Tuesday expressed its intention to appeal a ruling by the Competition Commission of India that prohibits the American tech company from exchanging advertising data between WhatsApp and its other apps. The Competition Commission of India fined the U.S. tech giant $25.4 million on Monday for antitrust violations about WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policy and ordered the …

Meta to appeal against CCI penalty order
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Meta to appeal against CCI penalty order

Live Mint  

Social media giant Meta said on Tuesday it will appeal against Competition Commission of India’s imposition of ₹213 crore penalty for WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy policy update allegedly breaching the competition law. WhatsApp is able to do all of this because it offers services supported by Meta.” CCI on Monday imposed the penalty on Meta for allegedly abusing its dominant position …

Meta to Appeal Rs 213-Cr Penalty Imposed by CCI Over WhatsApp Privacy Policy
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Meta to Appeal Rs 213-Cr Penalty Imposed by CCI Over WhatsApp Privacy Policy

Deccan Chronicle  

Meta has announced its intention to appeal the Rs 213.14 crore penalty imposed by the Competition Commission of India on Monday, following the company's handling of WhatsApp's 2021 Privacy Policy update. The antitrust body found that Meta's actions violated fair competition norms, particularly regarding the collection and sharing of user data across its platforms.The CCI's ruling is centered around the …

Meta to appeal against CCI’s ₹213 crore penalty
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Meta to appeal against CCI’s ₹213 crore penalty

The Hindu  

After the Competition Commission imposed a ₹213-crore penalty on Meta in relation to WhatsApp privacy policy, the company said it disagreed with the watchdog’s decision and plans to appeal. The Competition Commission of India on Monday imposed a penalty of ₹213.14 crore on social media major Meta for unfair business ways with respect to WhatsApp privacy policy update done in …

Meta to challenge CCI order against WhatsApp privacy policy
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Meta to challenge CCI order against WhatsApp privacy policy

Hindustan Times  

Social media major Meta will appeal against the Competition Commission of India’s order which held that WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy policy update was anticompetitive. On Monday, the CCI had announced a penalty of ₹213.14 crore on Meta for abusing its dominant position through the 2021 update to WhatsApp’s privacy policy and thus violating the Competition Act. The CCI has also forbidden …

CCI slaps fine on Meta over WhatsApp policy
1 month, 3 weeks ago

CCI slaps fine on Meta over WhatsApp policy

Hindustan Times  

In a significant blow to WhatsApp and its parent entity Meta, the Competition Commission of India on Monday imposed a penalty of ₹213.14 crore on Meta for abusing its dominant position through the 2021 update to WhatsApp’s privacy policy and thus violating the Competition Act. The CCI has also forbidden WhatsApp from making user data sharing with Meta companies a …

Meta to appeal India's Rs 213-crore penalty order over WhatsApp policy
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Meta to appeal India's Rs 213-crore penalty order over WhatsApp policy

India Today  

Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, plans to challenge the Rs 213.14-crore penalty imposed by the Competition Commission of India over alleged unfair business practices related to the messaging app's 2021 privacy policy update, reported news agency PTI. The CCI found that WhatsApp’s privacy policy update in 2021 involved practices deemed anti-competitive, such as sharing user data with other Meta-owned …

CCI imposes ₹213.14 crore fine on Meta over 2021 WhatsApp privacy policy
1 month, 3 weeks ago

CCI imposes ₹213.14 crore fine on Meta over 2021 WhatsApp privacy policy

Hindustan Times  

The Competition Commission of India on Monday fined social media giant Meta of ₹213.14 crore over the 2021 WhatsApp privacy policy update. The CCI has said that sharing of user data collected on WhatsApp with other Meta companies or products for purposes other than providing WhatsApp services shall not be made a precondition for users to access the WhatsApp service …

Anti-trust regulator levy Rs 213 crore penalty on Meta for 'forcing' WhatsApp users to share data
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Anti-trust regulator levy Rs 213 crore penalty on Meta for 'forcing' WhatsApp users to share data

New Indian Express  

The anti-trust regulator -Competition Commission of India -on Monday imposed a penalty of Rs 213 crore on US tech giant Meta, which owns and operates the messaging app WhatsApp, for abuse of its dominant position. As per the CCI order, Whatsapp in January 2021 notified users that they were required to accept the new terms of services and privacy policies, …

Meta fined Rs 213 crore over WhatsApp privacy policy by competition regulator
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Meta fined Rs 213 crore over WhatsApp privacy policy by competition regulator

India Today  

The Competition Commission of India on Monday imposed a penalty of Rs 213.14 crore on social media major Meta for unfair business ways with respect to WhatsApp privacy policy update done in 2021. The regulator has called for implementing various remedial measures, including barring WhatsApp from sharing data collected on its platform with other Meta companies or Meta company products …

Meta will face antitrust trial over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Meta will face antitrust trial over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions

The Hindu  

Facebook owner Meta Platforms must face trial in a U.S. Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking its break up over claims that it bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush emerging competition in social media, a judge in Washington ruled on Wednesday. Judge James Boasberg largely denied Meta's motion to end the case filed against Facebook in 2020, during the Trump administration, …

Will WhatsApp shut down in India? IT minister says this: ‘Company has not informed’
5 months, 1 week ago

Will WhatsApp shut down in India? IT minister says this: ‘Company has not informed’

Hindustan Times  

Information and Broadcasting minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that WhatsApp and its parent company Meta have not informed the Indian government of any plans to shut down their services in the country. WhatsApp's lawyer, Tejas Karia, said that breaking encryption would undermine user privacy, compromise trust and necessitate storing millions of messages for extended periods. Ashwini Vaishnaw explained in his response …

Nigeria fines Meta $220 mn over breach of data protection, consumer rights laws
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Nigeria fines Meta $220 mn over breach of data protection, consumer rights laws

Firstpost  

The country’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission accused Meta of discriminatory practices, abuse of market dominance, sharing Nigerians’ personal data without authorisation and denying Nigerians the right to determine how their data are used Nigeria has issued a $220 million fine against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and WhatsApp, for “multiple and repeated” violations. The country’s Federal Competition …

WhatsApp Bans 66 Lakh Indian Accounts In May This Year: All Details
6 months, 1 week ago

WhatsApp Bans 66 Lakh Indian Accounts In May This Year: All Details

News 18  

Meta-owned WhatsApp on Monday said it banned more than 66 lakh accounts in India in the month of May for violating the laws of the land. Out of 6,620,000 banned WhatsApp accounts, 1,255,000 were proactively blocked, before any reports from users, the social media company said in a statement. The popular mobile messaging platform, which has more than 550 million …

WhatsApp India bans more than 66 lakh accounts in May: Know-why?
6 months, 1 week ago

WhatsApp India bans more than 66 lakh accounts in May: Know-why?

India TV News  

WhatsApp, a Meta-owned instant messaging platform said that it banned more than 66 lakh accounts in India in May for violating the laws of the land. Out of 6,620,000 banned WhatsApp accounts, 1,255,000 were proactively blocked, before any reports from users, the social media company said in a statement. The popular mobile messaging platform, which has more than 550 million …

EU may charge Instagram and Facebook-parent Meta over digital rules violation: Report
6 months, 1 week ago

EU may charge Instagram and Facebook-parent Meta over digital rules violation: Report

The Hindu  

EU authorities may charge Meta over its model that makes Facebook and Instagram users pay in order to stop their data from being shared, reported Financial Times, citing several anonymous sources. However, EU regulators have previously warned that as per the Digital Markets Act, “gatekeeper platforms” would not be able to “track end users outside of the gatekeepers’ core platform …

WhatsApp bans over 71 lakh accounts in India in April
7 months, 1 week ago

WhatsApp bans over 71 lakh accounts in India in April

India TV News  

Meta-owned WhatsApp announced on Saturday that it banned more than 7.1 million accounts in India in April for violating local laws. The messaging platform, which boasts over 550 million users in India, received 10,554 grievances from users in April, of which only six were "actioned"—meaning remedial action was taken by WhatsApp. Will take more action, if rules violated: WhatsApp In …

TRAI to shortly come up with views on regulating apps like WhatsApp, Facebook
7 months, 3 weeks ago

TRAI to shortly come up with views on regulating apps like WhatsApp, Facebook

Hindustan Times  

Over-the-top services such as Facebook, WhatsApp, X, Instagram and Signal may come under a regulatory regime as the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is looking forward to coming up with recommendations on them. Whatsapp logo TRAI Chairman Anil Kumar Lohti said that the telecom regulator will now proceed with open house discussions on framing a regulatory mechanism for these OTT …

WhatsApp threatens to exit India: What are new IT rules on tracing originator
8 months, 2 weeks ago

WhatsApp threatens to exit India: What are new IT rules on tracing originator

Hindustan Times  

WhatsApp, owned by its parent company Meta Inc., has threatened to leave India if it is forced to break encryption of messages and calls on its instant messaging platform. “As a platform, we are saying, if we are told to break encryption, then WhatsApp goes,” the lawyer appearing for WhatsApp told the Delhi high court. It means millions and millions …

Why Did WhatsApp Threaten To Leave India? Encryption Clash And Amended IT Rules Explained
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Did WhatsApp Threaten To Leave India? Encryption Clash And Amended IT Rules Explained

ABP News  

WhatsApp, the instant messaging platform owned by Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, made a bold statement during a Delhi High Court hearing asserting its stance against potential breaches of encryption. The discussion unfolded within the context of WhatsApp's challenge against the amended IT rules, a legal move prompted by concerns over privacy infringement. At the heart of WhatsApp's objection lay the contention …

People use WhatsApp for privacy, company tells Delhi HC: ‘That goes, we exit India’
8 months, 2 weeks ago

People use WhatsApp for privacy, company tells Delhi HC: ‘That goes, we exit India’

Hindustan Times  

WhatsApp told told the Delhi High Court that the messaging platform will shut down in India if it is forced to break message encryption which protects user privacy by ensuring that only the sender and recipient can read and access message content. WhatsApp and Facebook parent company Meta are challenging the Information Technology Rules 2021. WhatsApp and Facebook parent company …

Will cease to function if forced to break encryption, WhatsApp tells Delhi High Court
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Will cease to function if forced to break encryption, WhatsApp tells Delhi High Court

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Messaging giant WhatsApp told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that it would cease to function if it was compelled to break the encryption of messages. The court was hearing petitions filed by WhatsApp and its parent company Meta challenging Rule 4 of the Information Technology Rules, 2021. The court acknowledged the need for balance in addressing these …

Is WhatsApp down? Users report issues with voice and sending messages
10 months ago

Is WhatsApp down? Users report issues with voice and sending messages

Hindustan Times  

Amid the global outage affecting Meta platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Messenger, some users also reported issues with another social media platform owned by Mark Zuckerberg, WhatsApp on Tuesday. WhatsApp down Meta's status dashboard showed that the application programming interface for WhatsApp Business was also experiencing issues. Meta has acknowledged the widespread issues affecting their platforms and assured users …

WhatsApp banned more than 71 lakh accounts in India in a single month, here is why
1 year ago

WhatsApp banned more than 71 lakh accounts in India in a single month, here is why

India Today  

In 2023, cases of online scams made a lot of headlines and in most of these cases, fraudsters had contacted their victims using WhatsApp. As per latest reports, WhatsApp banned over 71 lakh accounts in India in the month of November 2023. An IANS report states that in adherence to the new IT Rules 2021, WhatsApp disclosed on Monday that …

WhatsApp blocks 7.1 million accounts for violating policies in India
1 year ago

WhatsApp blocks 7.1 million accounts for violating policies in India

India TV News  

WhatsApp, a Meta-owned instant messaging platform reportedly banned over 71 lakh bad accounts in India in November 2023. One of the widely used instant messaging platforms has over 500 million users in India and has received another record of 8,841 complaints. The company said, "This user-safety report contains details of the user complaints received and the corresponding action taken by …

How encrypted messaging apps became the lynchpin of a regulatory probe into Wall Street firms | Explained
1 year, 2 months ago

How encrypted messaging apps became the lynchpin of a regulatory probe into Wall Street firms | Explained

The Hindu  

Story so far: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Wall Street investment company employees’ chat messages to confirm how widely they used personal messaging apps such as Meta’s WhatsApp, privacy-focused Signal, or Apple’s iMessage to discuss business. While this may seem innocuous, employees in large investment companies - such as Wall Street firms - could end up losing …

Users can block unknown callers, including people and businesses: Meta VP for India
1 year, 3 months ago

Users can block unknown callers, including people and businesses: Meta VP for India

The Hindu  

While customers shopping on WhatsApp cannot leave reviews of companies which are using the business version of the app, shoppers can block unknown callers or talk to Meta Verified businesses for security, said Meta’s VP for India, Sandhya Devanathan, on September 20. The answer came in response to The Hindu’s question about whether Meta plans to let users post reviews …

Meta launches UPI payments for WhatsApp Business messaging in India
1 year, 3 months ago

Meta launches UPI payments for WhatsApp Business messaging in India

The Hindu  

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Wednesday that India would get access to payments via WhatsApp Business messaging, allowing customers to pay businesses on the app with the UPI option of their choice. Zuckerberg made the announcement virtually during the Meta Conversations event focusing on WhatsApp Business, at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai. The accepted payment methods now …

72 Lakh Bad WhatsApp Accounts In India Were Banned In July 2023
1 year, 4 months ago

72 Lakh Bad WhatsApp Accounts In India Were Banned In July 2023

News 18  

WhatsApp banned a record of over 72 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of July, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021. The most popular messaging platform, which has over 500 million users in the country, received another record 11,067 complaint reports in July in the country, and the records “actioned” were 72. “Accounts Actioned” denotes reports …

Meta cleanses 21 million content pieces on FB and Insta, bans 72L WhatsApp accounts in India in July
1 year, 4 months ago

Meta cleanses 21 million content pieces on FB and Insta, bans 72L WhatsApp accounts in India in July

India TV News  

In July, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, took action against a significant number of pieces of content that violated their policies in India. These actions were taken to comply with India's IT Rules, 2021, which require digital and social media platforms with more than 5 million users to publish monthly compliance reports. In June, Meta had already …

EU court deals blow to Meta in German data case
1 year, 6 months ago

EU court deals blow to Meta in German data case

The Hindu  

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp may need to overhaul how they collect the data of users in Europe after the top EU court ruled against parent company Meta on Tuesday. The European Court of Justice ruled in favour of Germany's anti-cartel watchdog, which had argued that it could take data privacy issues into account when considering antitrust cases. The German watchdog …

Russia fines WhatsApp for first time for not deleting banned content
1 year, 7 months ago

Russia fines WhatsApp for first time for not deleting banned content

The Hindu  

A Russian court on June 1 fined messenger service WhatsApp 3 million roubles for not deleting banned content, its first fine in Russia for that offence. Although WhatsApp's parent company Meta Platforms Inc was last year banned in Russia as an "extremist" organisation, the messenger app — which is widely popular in Russia — has not previously faced penalties for …

WhatsApp introduces a global security centre to safeguard users
1 year, 7 months ago

WhatsApp introduces a global security centre to safeguard users

India TV News  

WhatsApp, a Meta-owned social media platform launched a new global security centre for users to learn more about how to protect themselves against spammers and unwanted contact, as it faces scrutiny over the menace of international spam calls and messages. About international spam calls Last month, the instant messaging platform responded to the problem of international scam calls in India …

Top Tech News Today May 23 Edit Messages WhatsApp After Sending Them Pentagon Blast AI-Generated Image Goes Viral Jio Talks With Tesla To Set Up Private Network At India EV Plant
1 year, 7 months ago

Top Tech News Today May 23 Edit Messages WhatsApp After Sending Them Pentagon Blast AI-Generated Image Goes Viral Jio Talks With Tesla To Set Up Private Network At India EV Plant

ABP News  

Edit Messages On WhatsApp Even After Sending Them Meta-owned WhatsApp is rolling out a much-needed feature that lets users edit messages within a 15-minute window. Company CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement in a Facebook post that WhatsApp users can now edit messages for up to 15 minutes after sending them. Pentagon Blast: AI-Generated Image Goes Viral A social media …

WhatsApp Accounts Registered Using Fraudulent Numbers Will Be Disabled: Ashwini Vaishnaw
1 year, 7 months ago

WhatsApp Accounts Registered Using Fraudulent Numbers Will Be Disabled: Ashwini Vaishnaw

ABP News  

Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that Meta-owned WhatsApp has agreed to disable a WhatsApp account from its messaging platform if that number is found to be a fraudulent connection. “We have actively engaged with WhatsApp and they have agreed that yes, customer safety is most important, and they are absolutely on board to deregister the …

New AI ML Systems Reduce International Spam Pesky Calls 50 Per Cent WhatsApp Meta Privacy Jobs Lure Scam
1 year, 7 months ago

New AI ML Systems Reduce International Spam Pesky Calls 50 Per Cent WhatsApp Meta Privacy Jobs Lure Scam

ABP News  

Reacting to a growing number of pesky calls from international numbers in India, WhatsApp, the world's most popular messaging platform on Thursday announced it has implemented new artificial intelligence and machine learning systems that will reduce such calls by at least 50 per cent. This development comes after Minister of State for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the ministry will …

Will investigate WhatsApp's ‘unacceptable’ breach of privacy: IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar
1 year, 8 months ago

Will investigate WhatsApp's ‘unacceptable’ breach of privacy: IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Hindustan Times  

The government will investigate a claim that WhatsApp accessed the microphone of smartphone users while the phone was not in use, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday. Replying to a Twitter user's claim that WhatsApp accessed microphones while the phone was not in use, Chandrasekhar said, "This is an unacceptable breach and violation …

Union govt to probe WhatsApp's breach of privacy over accessing mic in backgrounds: MoS IT
1 year, 8 months ago

Union govt to probe WhatsApp's breach of privacy over accessing mic in backgrounds: MoS IT

India TV News  

WhatsApp privacy breach: The Union government stated that it will investigate a claim that WhatsApp accessed the microphone of smartphone users while the phone was not in use. "WhatsApp has been using the microphone in the background, while I was asleep and since I woke up at 6 AM," Foad Dabiri, an engineering director at Twitter said on Saturday. "We …

WhatsApp Bans Over 45 Lakh Indian Accounts In February, Over 12 Lakh Accounts Suspended Proactively
1 year, 9 months ago

WhatsApp Bans Over 45 Lakh Indian Accounts In February, Over 12 Lakh Accounts Suspended Proactively

ABP News  

WhatsApp, the Meta-owned instant messaging platform, banned over 45 lakh accounts in India last month. WhatsApp's user safety report provides information about the complaints received from users and the actions taken by it, as well as the platform's own measures to prevent abuse. "As reflected in the latest monthly report, WhatsApp banned more than 4.5 million accounts in February," a …

WhatsApp banned over 45 lakh accounts of Indian users in February 2023, here is why
1 year, 9 months ago

WhatsApp banned over 45 lakh accounts of Indian users in February 2023, here is why

India Today  

WhatsApp releases its user safety report every month. The Meta-owned platform recently shared its user safety report revealing that more than 45 lakh Indian accounts were banned on WhatsApp in February 2023. The latest report from the Meta-owned instant messaging platform reveals that it has banned over 4,597,400 of Indian users between January 1 - February 28, 2023. "This user-safety …

Explained | Why is WhatsApp threatening to leave the U.K.?
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained | Why is WhatsApp threatening to leave the U.K.?

The Hindu  

The story so far: During a visit to the U.K. last week, WhatsApp’s head Will Cathcart said that WhatsApp would not comply with the country’s proposed Online Safety Bill which will in effect outlaw end-to-end encryption. Most of the criticism is directed against clause 110 of the OSB which empowers the British telecommunications regulator, the Office of Communications, to issue …

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