Sep 30, 2024, at 04:37 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Gurugram police lodged an FIR against WhatsApp's directors and nodal officers following the messaging app's refusal to provide information about three accounts linked to an investigation.
Sep 30, 2024, at 06:55 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Gurugram police lodged an FIR against WhatsApp's directors and nodal officers following the messaging app's refusal to provide information about three accounts linked to an investigation.
IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tells Rajya Sabha WhatsApp is not planning to shut service in India
Jul 29, 2024, at 07:50 pm
IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has confirmed that the message-sharing platform WhatsApp and its parent company Meta did not inform the government about their plans to exit their services in India.
WhatsApp warns to shut down services in India if asked to break encryption of messages
Apr 26, 2024, at 05:38 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Popular online messaging application WhatsApp has warned to shut down its services in India if it is asked to break encryption, citing privacy of the users, media reports said.
Govt to send notice to WhatsApp over complaints of spam calls
May 12, 2023, at 04:14 am
New Delhi: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has decided to send a notice to messaging platform WhatsApp over complaints of international spam calls to users, media reports said.
After IT minister's warning over wrong map of India, WhatsApp deletes tweet, apologizes
Jan 01, 2023, at 05:25 am
New Delhi/IBNS: After Union IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s subtle warning, messaging platform WhatsApp deleted a graphic, posted on its Twitter handle, that showed an incorrect map of India and issued an apology.
WhatsApp restored after long global outage
Oct 25, 2022, at 09:33 pm
Messaging application WhatsApp has been restored after it suffered an outage for more than an hour Tuesday.
WhatsApp outage triggers memes on Twitter with #whatsappdown
Oct 25, 2022, at 08:39 pm
Messaging application WhatsApp's global outage has triggered memes on micro-blogging site Twitter with #whatsappdown.
Kolkata Police warns public about sextortion
Sep 05, 2022, at 05:30 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Cautioning people about the menace of sextortion, Kolkata Police has appealed to the general public not to accept WhatsApp video calls or any other video call from any unknown number.
Citizens can now access Digilocker services on the MyGov Helpdesk on WhatsApp
May 23, 2022, at 11:34 pm
New Delhi: In a major initiative to make Government services accessible, inclusive, transparent and simple, MyGov on Monday announced that citizens will now be able to use the MyGov Helpdesk on WhatsApp to access the Digilocker service.
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram go down in major global outage
Oct 05, 2021, at 03:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In a major global outage, social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram have gone down.
WhatsApp banned 20 lakh Indian accounts between May 15 and June 15
Jul 16, 2021, at 05:00 am
New Delhi/IBNS: More than 20 lakh WhatsApp accounts were banned between May 15 and June 15 in India to prevent online abuse and keep users safe, the instant messaging platform said on Thursday.
Won't enforce new policy till data protection bill is passed: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
Jul 09, 2021, at 07:15 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Messaging application WhatsApp on Friday told the Delhi High Court that it won't enforce its new policy until the Personal Data Protection Bill comes into force, media reports said.
May 27, 2021, at 02:37 am
New Delhi/IBNS: While the government is committed to protecting the right to privacy of citizens, it comes with "reasonable restrictions" and no fundamental right is "absolute", the Centre said Wednesday responding to WhatsApp's lawsuit against the new digital guidelines on grounds that they violate user privacy.
WhatsApp files case in Delhi HC against Centre over digital rules
May 26, 2021, at 05:31 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Messaging application WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court against the central government's new digital rules effecting from Wednesday, media reports said.
May 26, 2021, at 02:18 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Hours before the expiry of the three-month deadline for compliance with the Intermediary Guidelines, announced by the Indian government in February, social media giant Facebook said it will comply with the new rules, media reports said.
IT Ministry asks WhatsApp to withdraw new privacy policy in fresh notice
May 20, 2021, at 05:51 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has asked WhatsApp to remove its updated privacy policy, in a fresh notice, asserting that it undermines the values of informational privacy and data security, according to media reports.
New privacy policy update is not 'mandatory': WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
May 15, 2021, at 12:42 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp on Friday told the Delhi High Court that its privacy policy update is not 'mandatory' in nature as it does not force any user to accept the same.
WhatsApp group admin can't be held liable for offensive posts by other members : HC
Apr 27, 2021, at 05:16 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court has ruled that the administrator of a WhatsApp group cannot be held criminally liable for an objectionable post made by another member, according to media reports.
Users of WhatsApp, Instagram face global outage for more than 30 minutes
Mar 20, 2021, at 05:11 am
New Delhi/IBNS: WhatsApp and Instagram users globally have reported outages to the services on Friday.
Supreme Court pulls up WhatsApp over privacy policy
Feb 15, 2021, at 09:28 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday came down heavily on the social media giant Facebook and its messaging app, WhatsApp over privacy policy.
Supreme Court pulls up Facebook, WhatsApp over privacy policy
Feb 15, 2021, at 08:31 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Monday came down heavily on the social media giant Facebook and its messaging app, WhatsApp over privacy policy, saying, "You may be $ 2-3 trillion company but people's privacy is more valuable for them and it is our duty to protect their privacy."
WhatsApp to introduce additional biometric security feature for desktop users
Jan 29, 2021, at 06:29 am
New Delhi, Jan 28 (UNI) Messaging mobile App WhatsApp on Thursday said it will be bringing a biometric security feature for users who want to link their account with a computer.
Users are free to remove WhatsApp if concerned about their data: Delhi High Court
Jan 18, 2021, at 10:44 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi High Court on Monday remarked that WhatsApp is a private app and the users are free to remove the application from their phone and move to another platform if they are not agreeing with its terms and conditions while hearing a petition against the messaging apps' new privacy policy.
WhatsApp privacy debate: Signal sees unprecedented downloads after Elon Musk tweet
Jan 09, 2021, at 11:30 pm
Instant messaging app Signal, which was a favourite amongst a niche audience, has witnessed an unprecedented increase in downloads in the last two days after a simple, two-word tweet from SpaceX founder Elon Musk.
Will do 100 sit-ups if one can prove West Bengal government said no to Durga Puja: Mamata Banerjee
Sep 09, 2020, at 02:23 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Lashing out at the IT cell of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) without taking its name, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she would do 100 sit-ups in front of people if it can be proved that her government said no to Durga Puja, as claimed by a message circulated on WhatsApp.
Coronavirus impact : Assam government asks teachers to teach students through WhatsApp
Mar 21, 2020, at 04:15 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: After shutting down all educational institutions in the state as a preventive measure to check spread of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Assam government has instructed teachers to teach their students through WhatsApp.
Coronavirus: Four detained for forwarding misleading WhatsApp post in Kolhapur
Mar 19, 2020, at 02:29 pm
Kolhapur/UNI: Four persons have been detained for allegedly spreading rumour on WhatsApp regarding the COVID-19 cases, police said here on Thursday.
Several netizens report they are unable to share photos, GIFs, stickers on Whatsapp
Jan 19, 2020, at 06:31 pm
New York/IBNS: Several Whatsapp users reported on Sunday that they were unable to share multimedia including photos, videos and GIFs.
Sonia Gandhi slams government over Whatsapp snooping row
Nov 02, 2019, at 11:30 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has slammed the BJP government for alleged WhatsApp snooping of Indian users earlier this year through Israeli spyware, saying the act was "illegal, un-constitutional and shameful".