WhatsApp Is Putting Limits On Forwards After Rumors Spreading Through Its Platform Incited Violence In India
It's about time.
Pranav Dixit
WhatsApp Slaps "Forwarded" On Messages To Control Spread Of Misinformation
"This extra context will help make one-on-one and group chats easier to follow," the company said.
Pranav Dixit
WhatsApp Just Told India's Government That It Cannot Fight Misinformation Alone
The company responded to a statement from an Indian ministry after it was pulled up for not doing enough to prevent rumors leading to more than a dozen lynchings since May.
Pranav Dixit
Don't Be Like Paul Manafort. Backing Up Your WhatsApp Messages Creates A Security Loophole
Manafort got into trouble because he didn't understand that enabling cloud backups on his WhatsApp account gave investigators a way to circumvent the app's end-to-end encryption. Here’s how to disable those backups.
Davey Alba
WhatsApp Users In Uganda Are Going To Have To Pay A New Daily Tax
The government says the tax will help generate revenue to provide better services, but people think it’s just a scheme to suppress free speech.
Tamerra Griffin
WhatsApp Founder Jan Koum Is Leaving Facebook
According to reports, Koum, who sold WhatsApp to Facebook for $19 billion in 2014, clashed with Facebook over user privacy.
Nicole Nguyen
Indians Can Now Send Money To Each Other Via WhatsApp
The feature is still in beta but will eventually roll out to every WhatsApp user in India.
Pranav Dixit
WhatsApp Family Groups Are Keeping Indian Families Together — And Driving Some Apart
Family WhatsApp groups are now inseparable from the notion of the modern Indian family itself. But some Indians say they're also an insufferable obligation.
Pranav Dixit
Older Indians Drive Millennials Crazy On WhatsApp. This Is Why They're Obsessed.
Young Indians are hooked to Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. But for older Indians, WhatsApp is the ultimate social network.
Pranav Dixit
These Shocking WhatsApp Videos Show The Conditions Inside One Of Europe's Worst Refugee Camps
Photos and videos of overflowing garbage and cramped living conditions are being secretly recorded by refugees living at Greece's Moria refugee camp and shared on chat applications like WhatsApp.
Ryan Broderick
Inside The Testosterone-Soaked Culture Of India’s Guys-Only WhatsApp Groups
In a time when it’s decreasingly cool to be sexist, some men are retreating to the privacy of all-male WhatsApp groups to validate their misogyny.
Pranav Dixit
WhatsApp Has A Viral Rumor Problem With Real Consequences
The rumors spread among WhatsApp's more than 100 million users in Brazil can vary from the weird — like the mattress dealer who allegedly made a deal with Satan — to the potentially deadly.
Alexandre Aragão
