Tag: WhatsApp

Gurugram Cops File Case Against WhatsApp Directors For Not Providing Info

September 29, 2024 admin

WhatsApp authorities have not responded to the FIR by Gurugram police yet. (Representational) New Delhi: Gurugram police have registered an FIR against WhatsApp’s directors and nodal officers after the messaging app refused to provide information about three accounts linked to an investigation. The case invokes sections relating to disobeying an order issued by a public…

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16-Year-Old Uttarakhand Girl Accuses Teacher Of Sending Her His Nude Pics

September 1, 2024 admin

Haldwani: A class 10 student at an Uttarakhand school has filed a sexual harassment against one of her teachers. In her complaint, the girl claims that the teacher molested her and also sent her inappropriate pictures on WhatsApp and Snapchat. The 16-year-old victim reported the incident to her parents, who subsequently filed a complaint with…

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Elon Musk Targets WhatsApp, Claims Meta-Owned App Misuses User Data Every Night

May 25, 2024 admin

Elon Musk replied that “WhatsApp exports your user data every night”. New Delhi: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk today targeted Meta-owned WhatsApp for allegedly exporting users’ data every night. An X user posted that WhatsApp exports user data every night, which is “analysed and used for targeted advertising, making users the product, not the…

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Scam Targeting Family And Friends Circulating On WhatsApp Groups: Report

May 8, 2024 admin

Action Fraud has received hundreds of complaints from victims. WhatsApp fraud, or WhatsApp scams, involve deceptive schemes aimed at manipulating users of the messaging platform into divulging personal details, transferring funds, or installing malicious software. These scams encompass a range of tactics, leveraging trust, fear, or greed. Among the existing types of WhatsApp scams, like…

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WhatsApp Says Banned Over 79 Lakh Accounts In India In March

May 3, 2024 admin

Between February 1-29, the company had banned “7,628,000 accounts”. (Representational) Meta-owned WhatsApp has said it banned more than 79 lakh accounts in India in the month of March, in compliance with the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. Between the March 1-31 period, 7,954,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned and 1,430,000 of…

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What Is The Reason Behind The Change?

April 27, 2024 admin

The app’s recent change in colour scheme has stirred up conversations among its users. WhatsApp’s updates, no matter how minor, often attract significant attention due to its widespread usage. The app’s recent change in colour scheme has stirred up conversations among its users. Previously known for its blue theme, the app has now adopted a…

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WhatsApp, Delhi High Court: If We’re Told To Break Encryption, WhatsApp Goes: Platform’s Big Warning

April 26, 2024 admin

The requirement in new IT rules, WhatsApp said, was against users’ privacy. Representational New Delhi: WhatsApp won’t stay if it is made to break encryption of messages, the messaging service platform has told Delhi High Court in a case challenging the amended IT rules. WhatsApp and Facebook (now Meta) have challenged Rule 4(2) of the…

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Apple Pulls WhatsApp, Threads From China App Store After Beijing Order

April 19, 2024 admin

The four, including Telegram and Signal, apps remain available in Hong Kong and Macau (Representational) Apple said on Friday it had removed Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China after being ordered to do so by the Chinese government, which cited national security concerns. Telegram and Signal – two other foreign…

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WhatsApp Down For Thousands Of Users Globally: Report

April 3, 2024 admin

Messaging platform WhatsApp was down for thousands of users on Wednesday. Meta Platforms-owned WhatsApp was down for thousands of users on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. There were more than 17,000 incidents of users reporting issues with the messaging platform, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number…

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What Are WhatsApp Channels And How To Subscribe To Them

September 21, 2023 admin

WhatsApp Channels offer users an enhanced directory based on their countries. New Delhi: Messaging platform WhatsApp launched its Telegram-like feature called ‘Channels’ – A one-way broadcast tool for users to follow celebrities and handles of their interest like news, cinema, sports, entertainment, technology and even memes etc. Meta founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mark…

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