WhatsApp bans 2.3 million accounts in October

As captured in the latest Monthly Report, WhatsApp banned over 2.3 million accounts in the month of October," said a WhatsApp spokesperson

Data of 500 Million WhatsApp Users Leaked Online: Report

Data of around 500 million WhatsApp users leaked and put up for sale online.

Manipur govt directs employees to leave ‘anti-national’ social media groups

Special Secretary Home, Gyan Prakash warned of appropriate disciplinary action against those found not abiding by the directive.

WhatsApp to roll out new privacy features

For years, WhatsApp has allowed people to hide their Status, Profile Picture, and Last Seen, but there was never an option to hide your Online Status.

WhatsApp row: ‘Govt doesn’t intend to break encryption by new IT Rules’, say sources

By imposing the new IT Rules that would require the messaging services to “trace” the origin of particular messages sent on the service, the Government of India does not intend to break encryption, said sources. “Intermediary Guidelines require identifying the originator only when other means of finding out the culprit are not possible. And, the […]

WhatsApp moves Delhi HC against India’s new IT rules

WhatsApp on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court against the Centre’s recently imposed IT Rules that would require the messaging services to “trace” the origin of particular messages sent on the service. WhatsApp through its statement said, “Requiring messaging apps to ‘trace’ chats is the equivalent of asking us to keep a fingerprint of every […]

WhatsApp privacy policy change to be discussed in Parliamentary panel’s meeting with FB, Twitter officials

Change in WhatsApp privacy policy will be among other issues that will be discussed in the meeting between officials of Facebook, Twitter and the Parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology (IT) on January 21, sources said. “Parliamentary standing committee on IT has summoned Facebook and Twitter officials on January 21, change in WhatsApp privacy policy […]

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp faces outage; glitches now resolved

Facebook said on Wednesday that an issue with uploading or sending media files on its platforms has now been resolved. Earlier in the day, netizens complained about outage of services on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, while experiencing trouble uploading or sending images, videos and other files on its apps and platforms. According to service outage […]