Centre to summon Meta officials over alleged child sexual abuse ads on Instagram
The Centre will summon Meta officials over advertisements hosted on Instagram that allegedly promoted child sexual abuse, sources said on Friday.
The Centre will summon Meta officials over advertisements hosted on Instagram that allegedly promoted child sexual abuse, sources said on Friday.
WhatsApp has clarified that its upcoming usernames feature will be optional and will include safeguards against impersonation and unwanted messages after the Centre asked Meta to pause the rollout in India.
When Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion, many observers struggled to understand the logic of paying such a staggering sum for a messaging service that generated little revenue.
The Attorney General for India, R. Venkataramani, has informed the Supreme Court that messaging platform WhatsApp has blocked around 9,400 accounts in 2026 that were being used for so-called “digital arrest” scams to extort money from victims.
A US lawsuit alleging message interception has triggered a sharp response from Musk and Durov, raising fresh questions over WhatsApp’s privacy claims and encryption system.
Meta has launched its advanced artificial intelligence assistant, Meta AI, across its major platforms including WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram, catering specifically to users in India.
Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on several new features to enhance the user experience on the chatting platform.
Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on several new features to enhance the user experience on the chatting platform.
Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on some new features to improve the chat experience of users on the app.
The instant messaging app, WhatsApp, said it has banned some 70 million accounts in India between January and November 2023.
