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WhatsApp agrees to be more transparent on policy changes, says EU
•WhatsApp has now agreed to explain changes to EU users' contracts and how these could affect their rights, and has agreed to display prominently the possibility for users to accept or reject the changes and ensure that users can easily close pop-up notifications on updates

Explained: Who is Saudi Arabia preacher Awad Al-Qarni sentenced to death for using Twitter and Whatsapp?
Fp Explainers •Awad Al-Qarni, 65, is a pro-reform academic, who has been critical about Saudi Arabia’s human rights record — on arrests and travel bans against intellectuals. The 65-year-old preacher was arrested in 2017, with his critics calling him ‘dangerous’ for voicing his opinions

US Supreme Court allows Meta, WhatsApp to sue NSO for installing Pegasus spyware on devices
Mehul Das •Israel’s NSO has been seeking immunity claiming it was acting as an agent for unidentified foreign governments when it installed the Pegasus spyware. The Joe Biden administration and the US Supreme Court have refused to entertain NSO’s argument and will let Meta sue NSO.

WhatsApp introduced a new feature to help people circumvent government-imposed Internet shutdowns
Mehul Das •Based on what Iran and other autocratic countries do when there is any unrest, WhatsApp’s new feature will allow the service to remain functional, even when governments impose an internet shutdown

Explained: What is WhatsApp's ‘undo delete for me’ feature? How to use it?
Fp Explainers •WhatsApp’s ‘undo delete for me’ feature lets users delete a message for themselves and for others in a five-second time frame. It is available in all updated versions of WhatsApp in iOS and Android

WhatsApp to roll out ‘Message Yourself’ feature for Android and iOS users; check how you can access it
Trendingdesk •Wondering how to set up the "Message yourself"feature on WhatsApp? Users will first have to update the WhatsApp application on their smartphone in order to access the WhatsApp Message Yourself feature.

Data of 500 million WhatsApp users leaked online, breach hit 80 countries including Russia, Spain and India
Mehul Das •The leaked data, which includes data from Indian users as well, is being sold very cheaply. The US dataset with millions of users is available for $7,000, while the UK one costs $2,500.

Meta gets all-time high request from India seeking action on 91,000 accounts
•The United States topped the list of countries with 69,363 requests seeking action on over 1.26 lakh social media accounts while India came second on the chart in terms of the total number of requests made, Meta said in its transparency report

This trick will help you use same WhatsApp account on multiple devices; step-by-step process here
Trendingdesk •WhatsApp Web allows you to multi-login to your WhatsApp account and is compatible with tablets, Android phones, and iPhones.

'No energy after the beating': Shraddha Walkar's chats reveal she wanted Aftab out
Fp Staff •Recently, an explosive WhatsApp chat between Shraddha and her ex-manager from November 2020 has come to light



