RT Boom Bust co-host and Investigative journalist Ben Swann breaks down what happens if users refuse to agree to the new terms. READ MORE: Judge rejects Facebook’s complaints against Irish data watchdog, probe into EU user info transfers to US can resume “If you do not accept WhatsApp’s new terms of …
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Claims that the social networking services, all owned by Facebook Inc, had gone down first surfaced at around 1:00pm Eastern Time. There have been as many as 1.2 million reports of problems with Instagram and at least 23,000 for WhatsApp, according to information on Downdetector.com. Some users were hit with error …
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Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter have each received written notices warning their employees could face arrest should the requests be ignored, in some cases citing specific India-based staff by name, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing “people familiar” with the matter. The reported warnings come as New Delhi faces …
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On Sunday, the company shared the details of how the new terms of service will affect its users with the tech news website TechCrunch. The comment came after the outlet cited an email sent by WhatsApp to one of its merchant partners. Last month, WhatsApp asked users to agree to …
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The chat application announced on Friday that it would delay the update until mid-May, blaming “confusion” and “misinformation” for growing privacy concerns among customers while insisting that it would not hand additional user data, such as private messages, to Facebook under its new policies. “We will always protect your personal …
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Starting on Monday, the office is switching over to encrypted messaging app BiP, which is developed by Turkish firm Turkcell, Bloomberg reported, citing internal messages posted to the WhatsApp groups. The decision comes amid growing consternation over WhatsApp’s plan to begin sharing personal data with its parent company, Facebook. The …
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Facebook’s bait and switch will see WhatsApp sharing private information that goes significantly beyond names and profile pictures with Facebook and other subsidiaries. Phone numbers, address books, status updates, and even detailed data on the type of phone they’re using will be fed to the Facebook hive-mind. And woe betide …
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WhatsApp is a free app, but Facebook wants to monetize it by introducing advertising. Advertising will appear in the “Status”, similar to how it works in “Stories” Instagram. It will occupy the entire screen and display the company name. It is currently unclear whether Facebook paste it somewhere else, but …
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Payment service WhatsApp will launch before the end of the year. Facebook is developing for WhatsApp messenger payment service. It plans to launch before the end of the year, and testing will begin in India. Center for development of mobile payment service messenger will be in London. Also among its …
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WhatsApp started to pay money for viewing ads. Many years ago the American Corporation Facebook became the owner of the WhatsApp messenger, and during this time she has greatly improved, though of course not without its negative innovations. So, every day in the software will be more advertising and now …
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