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WhatsApp Head Will Cathcart Says Company Could Show Ads, but Not in Main Inbox: Report
- Thursday November 9, 2023
- Written by David Delima, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
WhatsApp may display ads in some parts of the app, a top executive recently stated in an interview. Will Cathcart, the head of WhatsApp, recently confirmed that the app won't display ads in the main inbox or in chats, but they might appear in two other sections of the app.
- www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Denies Report That It Is Considering Showing Ads on App's Chat Screen
- Friday September 15, 2023
- Reuters
WhatsApp's top head on Friday denied a Financial Times report that said the Meta Platforms-owned messaging platform was exploring advertisements as it sought to boost revenue.
- www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Chief Slams UK Law That Proposes To Make End-To-End Encryption Illegal
- Tuesday April 18, 2023
- World News | Edited by Anjali Thakur
In the letter, WhatsApp chief, Will Cathcart urged the government to protect privacy rights.
- www.ndtv.com
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WhatsApp "Entirely Back Up And Running", Says CEO
- Tuesday October 5, 2021
- World News | Edited by Nonika Sharma
After facing a major outage for hours, WhatsApp and other services are coming back online. WhatsApp is "entirely back up and running now", the instant messaging app's CEO Will Cathcart said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Pegasus Use for Committing ‘Horrible Human Rights Abuses’ Must Be Stopped, Says WhatsApp Chief
- Monday July 19, 2021
- Jagmeet Singh
Israeli Firm NSO Group’s Pegasus is used to “commit horrible human rights abuses” globally and “it must be stopped”, WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart said in a long thread on Twitter. Cathcart’s comments have come in response to the latest investigation carried out by a global media consortium that has revealed that the spyware is being use...
- www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Chief Will Cathcart, Mark Zuckerberg Confirm Disappearing Mode, More Upcoming Features
- Thursday June 3, 2021
- Tasneem Akolawala
WhatsApp features tracker WABetaInfo was invited into a unique group chat with Will Cathcart and Mark Zuckerberg. The two executives confirmed in the chat that a new Disappearing Mode will be rolled out soon. This will by default turn on disappearing messages for all future chats and make the WhatsApp experience more ephemeral.
- www.gadgets360.com
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After India's Letter, WhatsApp Says New Privacy Policy For "Transparency"
- Wednesday January 20, 2021
- India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Social media platform WhatsApp underscored today that its proposed privacy policy is not meant to enhance data sharing but provide options to help businesses expand. The reiteration came following the government's letter to Will Cathcart, the Global CEO of WhatsApp, asking that the new policy for Indian users be withdrawn.
- www.ndtv.com
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WhatsApp Treating Users With All-Or-Nothing Approach: Centre's Rejoinder
- Tuesday January 19, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Indian government has asked WhatsApp to withdraw the recent changes in the privacy policy of the messaging app, saying unilateral changes are unfair and unacceptable.
- www.ndtv.com
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Withdraw "Discriminatory" Policy For Indian Users: Government To WhatsApp
- Tuesday January 19, 2021
- India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Debanish Achom
The government has asked WhatsApp to withdraw any change in the messaging app's privacy policy for users in India, people with direct knowledge of the matter have said. The centre has written to the Facebook-owned app's global CEO Will Cathcart detailing concerns over information security of users, they said. India is WhatsApp's biggest market.
- www.ndtv.com
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WhatsApp Delays New Privacy Policy Till May 15 Amid Severe Criticism
- Saturday January 16, 2021
- Press Trust of India
WhatsApp announced delaying by three months the implementation of a new privacy policy that has faced massive backlash with tens of millions of its users moving from the platform to rivals like Signal and Telegram.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook Fuel for India Kicks Off, Aims to Highlight Key Use Cases in the Country
- Tuesday December 15, 2020
- Jagmeet Singh
Facebook has kicked off the ‘Facebook Fuel for India’ to show off developments enabling new use cases in the country. The two-day virtual event is also featuring key Facebook executives including Co-Founder Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram Head Adam Mosseri and WhatsApp Head Will Cathcart as well as industry speakers including Reliance Industries Cha...
- www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Responds to Twitter Link Preview Issue, Fix Released
- Wednesday June 3, 2020
- Tasneem Akolawala
WhatsApp users on Tuesday took to Twitter to voice their concerns about a weird issue that prevented the previews for Twitter links from showing up in chats.
- www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Payments Coming to India Later This Year, Said to Now Have 400 Million Users in the Country
- Friday July 26, 2019
- Reuters
WhatsApp is all set to launch its peer-to-peer, UPI-based Pay service for over 300 million in India sometimes later this year.
- www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Head Will Cathcart Says Company Could Show Ads, but Not in Main Inbox: Report
- Thursday November 9, 2023
- Written by David Delima, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
WhatsApp may display ads in some parts of the app, a top executive recently stated in an interview. Will Cathcart, the head of WhatsApp, recently confirmed that the app won't display ads in the main inbox or in chats, but they might appear in two other sections of the app.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
WhatsApp Denies Report That It Is Considering Showing Ads on App's Chat Screen
- Friday September 15, 2023
- Reuters
WhatsApp's top head on Friday denied a Financial Times report that said the Meta Platforms-owned messaging platform was exploring advertisements as it sought to boost revenue.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
WhatsApp Chief Slams UK Law That Proposes To Make End-To-End Encryption Illegal
- Tuesday April 18, 2023
- World News | Edited by Anjali Thakur
In the letter, WhatsApp chief, Will Cathcart urged the government to protect privacy rights.
- www.ndtv.com
-
WhatsApp "Entirely Back Up And Running", Says CEO
- Tuesday October 5, 2021
- World News | Edited by Nonika Sharma
After facing a major outage for hours, WhatsApp and other services are coming back online. WhatsApp is "entirely back up and running now", the instant messaging app's CEO Will Cathcart said.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Pegasus Use for Committing ‘Horrible Human Rights Abuses’ Must Be Stopped, Says WhatsApp Chief
- Monday July 19, 2021
- Jagmeet Singh
Israeli Firm NSO Group’s Pegasus is used to “commit horrible human rights abuses” globally and “it must be stopped”, WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart said in a long thread on Twitter. Cathcart’s comments have come in response to the latest investigation carried out by a global media consortium that has revealed that the spyware is being use...
- www.gadgets360.com
-
WhatsApp Chief Will Cathcart, Mark Zuckerberg Confirm Disappearing Mode, More Upcoming Features
- Thursday June 3, 2021
- Tasneem Akolawala
WhatsApp features tracker WABetaInfo was invited into a unique group chat with Will Cathcart and Mark Zuckerberg. The two executives confirmed in the chat that a new Disappearing Mode will be rolled out soon. This will by default turn on disappearing messages for all future chats and make the WhatsApp experience more ephemeral.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
After India's Letter, WhatsApp Says New Privacy Policy For "Transparency"
- Wednesday January 20, 2021
- India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Social media platform WhatsApp underscored today that its proposed privacy policy is not meant to enhance data sharing but provide options to help businesses expand. The reiteration came following the government's letter to Will Cathcart, the Global CEO of WhatsApp, asking that the new policy for Indian users be withdrawn.
- www.ndtv.com
-
WhatsApp Treating Users With All-Or-Nothing Approach: Centre's Rejoinder
- Tuesday January 19, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Indian government has asked WhatsApp to withdraw the recent changes in the privacy policy of the messaging app, saying unilateral changes are unfair and unacceptable.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Withdraw "Discriminatory" Policy For Indian Users: Government To WhatsApp
- Tuesday January 19, 2021
- India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Debanish Achom
The government has asked WhatsApp to withdraw any change in the messaging app's privacy policy for users in India, people with direct knowledge of the matter have said. The centre has written to the Facebook-owned app's global CEO Will Cathcart detailing concerns over information security of users, they said. India is WhatsApp's biggest market.
- www.ndtv.com
-
WhatsApp Delays New Privacy Policy Till May 15 Amid Severe Criticism
- Saturday January 16, 2021
- Press Trust of India
WhatsApp announced delaying by three months the implementation of a new privacy policy that has faced massive backlash with tens of millions of its users moving from the platform to rivals like Signal and Telegram.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Facebook Fuel for India Kicks Off, Aims to Highlight Key Use Cases in the Country
- Tuesday December 15, 2020
- Jagmeet Singh
Facebook has kicked off the ‘Facebook Fuel for India’ to show off developments enabling new use cases in the country. The two-day virtual event is also featuring key Facebook executives including Co-Founder Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram Head Adam Mosseri and WhatsApp Head Will Cathcart as well as industry speakers including Reliance Industries Cha...
- www.gadgets360.com
-
WhatsApp Responds to Twitter Link Preview Issue, Fix Released
- Wednesday June 3, 2020
- Tasneem Akolawala
WhatsApp users on Tuesday took to Twitter to voice their concerns about a weird issue that prevented the previews for Twitter links from showing up in chats.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
WhatsApp Payments Coming to India Later This Year, Said to Now Have 400 Million Users in the Country
- Friday July 26, 2019
- Reuters
WhatsApp is all set to launch its peer-to-peer, UPI-based Pay service for over 300 million in India sometimes later this year.
- www.gadgets360.com