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WhatsApp is delaying an update aimed at increasing business transactions on the platform

Signal was the most downloaded free app in India on both Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android outpacing WhatsApp

Signal was downloaded by 17.8 million users over the past seven days

Application issues clarification that updates will not affect ‘privacy of messages with friends or family’

Application issues clarification that updates will not affect ‘privacy of messages with friends or family’

WhatsApp clarified concerns of users and privacy activists who questioned the “accept our data grab or get out” move

PR mogul shared the upsetting news via Twitter

About 810,000 users globally installed Signal on Sunday

The app will include features such as messages, voice and video calls

Starting from February 8th WhatsApp will be collecting and sharing user data including location data

Such policy changes should have been made after wider consultation, says sci-tech minister

Telegram picked up nearly 2.2 million downloads after WhatsApp announced its new terms of service

Signal was downloaded more than 100,000 times in app stores of Apple and Google in the last two days

Many flocked to Twitter for some much-needed catharsis, filling the micro-blogging site with memes of misery

Starting from February 8th WhatsApp will be collecting and sharing user data including location data

More than 1.4 billion voice and video calls were made on New Year’s Eve 2020 globally

WhatsApp is one of the most used messaging apps with around 1.5 billion active users around the world

Lawsuits are the biggest anti-trust cases in a generation, comparable to the lawsuit against Microsoft Corp in 1998

WhatsApp has also rolled out an upgraded search feature for stickers and more

Hackers ask victims to forward OTP to them so they can complete an urgent money transaction

PhonePe and Google, which currently exceed NPCI’s stipulated cap, will get two years to comply with the new rules

Whatsapp Pay was quickly suspended because of competition objections raised by the central bank

Disappearing messages feature will automatically remove messages sent in individual or group chat after seven days

WhatsApp's new feature makes it easier to identify content no longer of value

Messages on WhatsApp are confidential and cannot be seen by moderators who police misleading content

The company also announced it will be rolling out new features for business accounts in the coming months

WeChat has an average of 19 million daily active users in the United States

When users will receive a call on web, a notification will pop up, allowing users to accept or decline call

WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature called ‘Always Mute’, that replaces ' one year' when muting a chat

Social media pages are involved in 'character assassination of government functionaries' and fanning 'ethnic rifts'

Google Photos app used to create a folder saving any media received through apps such as Facebook, and Instagram

Brazil suspended a newly-launched system allowing WhatsApp users to send money via chats

Despite WhatsApp tightening message forwarding limits, the app remains a hub of misinformation

Raisani says that the rights of the people have been robbed

Tracker website WABetaInfo reveals new features being tested for WhatsApp

Advocacy groups had already raised concerns when Facebook's acquisition of GIF website Giphy was announced

The claim is false as the incident took place in India

TikTok garnered more than 111.9 million installs in May

WhatsApp’s payment service will allow users to do inter-bank fund transfers from within the messaging app

Training groups such as We Are Digital promise to demystify the process for older people

Twitter challenged 3.4 million accounts that appeared to engage suspiciously in Covid-19 conversation

As before, WhatsApp video calls remain secured with end-to-end encryption so no one else can view or listen

Users can send content to Facta through a WhatsApp message to check it is authentic

So far, AFP has debunked almost 200 rumors and myths, but experts say stronger action from tech companies is needed

Popular applications continue to be blocked

Messaging service will provide latest news and information on coronavirus including details on symptoms

A researcher at Oxford University said misinformation could hamper efforts to control spread of the coronavirus

WhatsApp has also donated $1m to the International Fact-Checking Network to debunk coronavirus rumours

New WhatsApp feature will allow users to set how long messages remain in private chats using a timer

Facebook’s WhatsApp sued NSO in October after finding evidence related to the hacking firm