Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from WhatsApp, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 993 stories have been published about WhatsApp which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Europe · WashingtonA Russian court fined Match Group, the owner of Tinder dating app, 2 million roubles ($33,280) on Thursday for an alleged failure to store user data. The fine follows similar steps against Facebook's WhatsApp and Snapchat owner Snap Inc taken earlier on Thursday. ($1 = 60.1000 roubles)See the Story
Russia fines US-based online dating service
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Meghan MarklePC Sukhdev Jeer and PC Paul Hefford were dismissed from the Met Police. They posted offensive messages in a closed WhatsApp group in 2018. Tribunal heard the posts were "discriminatory and serious in nature" It means the men cannot be employed by other police bodies across the UK.See the Story
Metropolitan Police: Two officers sacked over 'discriminatory' messages including racist joke about Meghan
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Asia · IndiaWhatsApp banned over 1.9 million accounts in the month of May. The new IT rules mandate large digital platforms (with over 50 lakh users) to publish compliance reports every month. The government is in the midst of finalising new social media rules that propose to give users a grievance appeal mechanism against arbitrary content moderation.See the Story
WhatsApp bans over 19 lakh Indian accounts in May
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AsiaWhatsApp is working on a feature that will give iOS users the ability to hide their online status from everyone. This function will come in a future update, and it's already in development, reports WABetaInfo. It will be possible to configure who can see when you are online right within the last seen settings. The ability to edit and delete messages is also coming to iMessage with iOS 16.See the Story
WhatsApp to soon let users hide online status from everyone - ET Telecom
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College StudentsShehu Shagari College of Education in* Sokoto, State has suspended academic activities following the killing of a female student. Deborah, who allegedly made a blasphemous comment against Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) in a WhatsApp group, was set ablaze by some Muslim boys on Thursday morning.See the Story
Outrage over killing of female student in Sokoto for blasphemy, school shut
TechWhatsApp is currently developing a new creative emoji concept with custom avatars coming soon for video calls. A screenshot shows a video call with the option to switch to avatar, which will likely allow users to use their custom avatar instead of their face or original profile picture on their account.See the Story
Soon You Could Chat With Your Digi Avatar On WhatsApp Video Calls
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Europe · LondonA group of Metropolitan Police officers shared discriminatory and offensive messages including racist abuse about the Duchess of Sussex and a description of a black child as a monkey.See the Story
Metropolitan Police trio shared racist abuse of Meghan on WhatsApp group
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WhatsAppLatest beta version for Android version number 2.22.11.11 is bringing the message timer feature to existing chats. As soon as you activate this particular feature, the selected chats will start receiving disappearing messages. It is also reported that the instant messaging application is testing new changes to the WhatsApp Desktop client with a new beta build.See the Story
WhatsApp gets message reactions feature, here is how to use it
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WhatsApp · ItalyThe story dates back to the eve of the last day of the last B championship, when the playmaker was still on loan to the Cremonese. The message to a colleague from ComoSee the Story
Naples, Gaetano disqualified two rounds for a whatsapp to an opponent: “Will you leave us the three points?”
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WhatsApp · ItalyIl predatore, con foto rubate, si spacciava per un 14enne e in questo modo convinceva le vittime a spogliarsi e compiere atti sessuali. Sono almeno 26 le giovanissime vittime dell’insospettabile impiegatoSee the Story
Padre scopre foto a sfondo sessuale nella chat della figlia e fa arrestare 32enne pedofilo seriale
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AppWhatsApp is reportedly working on a login approval feature like Instagram and Facebook that could make attempts to hack a user's account more difficult. The prompt will show information like the time when someone tried to access your account and maybe the name or model of the device that is trying to gain access.See the Story
