#Whatsapp news update

In December, the US Federal Trade Commission and 48 states in December filed a lawsuit against Facebook for violating competition laws, accusing the social medium of market monopoly. WhatsApp's parent company Facebook has been on a collision course with regulators in the United States and the EU for years, with the situation coming to a head at the end of 2020. In May 2020, Germany's data privacy commissioner Ulrich Kelber advised against using WhatsApp in federal ministries and institutions, urging government bodies to respect data protection. WhatsApp was once considered a safe instant messaging software, thanks to its end-to-end encryption.Д®uropean Union politicians used the app during Brexit negotiations, giving rise to the term 'WhatsApp diplomacy.'В The European Commission later changed course, urging its employees to switch to Signal, citing privacy concerns. Signal was developed by data privacy activists to implement a sealed sender policy, concealing the messages metadata, which could typically reveal the sender, receiver and timing of messages. Tesla chief and billionaire Elon Musk took to Twitter to call for people to switch to apps like Signal.

#Whatsapp news update

The update has sparked anger among some WhatsApp users, who are considering switching to other instant messaging services. 'If the only way to refuse (the modification) is to stop using WhatsApp, the the consent is forced as the use of personal data is illegal,' he said. Privacy advocates sharply criticized the update, with some warning that the new terms were not legal.ДЄrthur Messaud, a lawyer for La Quadrature du net, an association that defends internet users, told news agency AFP that theВ update was unlawfully forcing users to agree to the breach of their data if they wanted to keep using the messaging service. WhatsApp asked its users to agree to the new terms and conditions, or no longer have access to the app. The new terms would allow users of WhatsApp Business to use the updated functions in the EU and the UK, a company's spokesperson told news agency AFP. The terms include facilitating e-commerce through WhatsApp, as Facebook tries to monetize the messaging service. 'To every small and large business, family, and individual who depends on us, I'm sorry,' Facebook Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer tweeted, adding that it 'may take some time to get to 100%.The messaging service WhatsApp on Thursday announced to its almost two million users its updated terms, which would allow the app to share further users' data with its parent company Facebook. We will continue to keep you updated when we have more information to share.- WhatsApp October 4, 2021

There is a new icon at the bottom of the status tab that will quickly let us send a voice note to our status update. The WhatsApp features tracker has also shared a screenshot of the feature explaining the functionality of voice note support in statuses.

We're starting to slowly and carefully get WhatsApp working again. A voice note shared as a status update may be called voice status, the report notes. The outage was the second blow to the social media giant in as many days after a whistleblower on Sunday accused the company of repeatedly prioritizing profit over clamping down on hate speech and misinformation.ДЄpologies to everyone who hasn't been able to use WhatsApp today. before responding to a suspicious message that may be a scam. WhatsApp enlists Scambassador Joel Dommett to encourage the British public to Stop.

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp at least partially reconnected to the global internet late on Monday afternoon, nearly six hours into an outage that paralyzed the social media platform.ДЇacebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps went dark at around noon Eastern time (1600 GMT), in what website monitoring group Downdetector said was the largest such failure it had ever seen.ДЄround 5:45 pm ET, some Facebook users began to regain partial access to the three apps. WhatsApp Launches Campaign to Stamp Out Message-Based Scams.