WhatsApp is a cross-platform messaging app. It makes use of internet connection on mobile devices for messaging, voice calls, video calls, and file sharing. The company was bought by Facebook in 2014.
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WhatsApp says its fake news tip line is just for research
Earlier this week, WhatsApp announced that it's launching a tip line in India to verify messages during the election. But as it turns out, the new service is not exactly a hotline for debunking fake news – but rather a tool for researching misleading information shared on the platform. After ...
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WhatsApp finally lets you prevent people from adding you to their shitty groups
WhatsApp is finally rolling out a feature that will prevent anyone from adding you to a group without your permission from ...
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WhatsApp launches a tip line in India to battle fake news ahead of national elections
WhatsApp has launched a tip line in India to which you can send forwards, rumors, and suspicious-sounding messages and have ...
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WhatsApp wants to label viral forwards to rein in fake news - but it'll have to do more
WhatsApp seems to be testing another weapon in its arsenal to battle fake news – a label for messages forwarded five times or more. Last week, WABetaInfo reported that in a new beta version of its Android app, WhatsApp added counts for how many times a message has been forwarded, ...
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WhatsApp is testing reverse image search to battle fake news
WhatsApp's had a difficult battle against fake news last year. Now, it's testing a new weapon in this fight - a reverse image search button. According to a report by WABetaInfo, a beta version of WhatsApp's Android app has a new feature to search an image directly from the chat. The ...
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How to stop WhatsApp from downloading photos automatically
WhatsApp is probably one of the most used apps all over the world. And people send photos to each other freuqently that clutters ...
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Why Germany wants to block Facebook's Messenger-Instagram-WhatsApp merger
Facebook made a splash recently when CEO Mark Zuckerberg's plans to integrate its messaging platforms on Instagram, Messenger, ...
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How WhatsApp fights spam without ever reading your messages
There are more than 1.5 billion people using WhatsApp, and sadly, some of them are your relatives spamming you with bad jokes and flowery ‘good morning’ messages. Then there are other kinds of spammers, bots, and people, who try to clutter your message box with automated messages. The ...
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WhatsApp can now protect your chats with TouchID and FaceID (and I hope it gets copied)
WhatsApp is launching a new security feature that's so simple and useful, I'm surprised more messaging apps haven't implemented it. Starting today, WhatsApp will allow you to lock the app using TouchID or FaceID (Android is on the way). You'll have to use biometric security to authenticate ...
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It's not just WhatsApp - India's fake news problem plagues several popular social networks
You can't discuss the 'fake news' phenomenon in India without bringing up WhatsApp. The Facebook-owned messaging service has been constantly under fire after several people were lynched across the country over a misleading video that did the rounds for a year. The platform had to ...
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Report: WhatsApp surpasses Facebook as the social network's most popular app
In recent years, Facebook has arguably been the most popular app in a lot of major markets across the globe. However, WhatsApp, one of the apps it acquired, has surpassed it in terms of monthly active users. According to a report released by analytics firm App Annie, the chat app ...
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Elections, fake news, and spam: WhatsApp has a tough year ahead in India next year
In India, most people won't ask you for a business card to get your contact info. Instead, they'll ask you if you use WhatsApp. ...
