WhatsApp: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Apr 2023

Layoffs

Meta to look more layoffs across Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram

Apr 19, 2023

WhatsApp rolling out new group chat feature for Android users

The US tech conglomerate of Meta, WhatsApp is rolling out a new group chat feature. This feature is ...

Industry

Mar 14, 2023

WhatsApp rolling out new group chat feature for Android users

WhatsApp says it will leave the UK rather than weaken encryption

The US tech conglomerate Meta, WhatsApp has said that it will leave the UK rather than weaken encryp...

Industry

Mar 11, 2023

WhatsApp says it will leave the UK rather than weaken encryption

Meta appoints Tony Xu as a board member

Meta has announced that Tony Xu, co-founder, and CEO of DoorDash, Inc., has been elected to the comp...

C-Suite Move

Feb 4, 2022

Industry

Mohandas Pai, former Infosys Director has accused WhatsApp of “double standards”

Mohandas Pai, former Infosys Director has accused WhatsApp of “double standards” The Indian government and the country’s laws should define and protect the privacy of citizens, information technology industry veteran TV Mohandas Pai said on Wednesday as he accused large social media platforms like WhatsApp of “double standards”. “Let the Court decide, not WhatsApp”, he […]

May 27, 2021

Jobs

India antitrust watchdog orders probe into WhatsApp’s new privacy policy

India antitrust watchdog orders probe into WhatsApp’s new privacy policy India’s competition watchdog on Wednesday ordered a probe into a WhatsApp privacy policy update, saying the Facebook Inc-owned messaging service had breached antitrust laws. The update announced in January, which will take effect in May, allows WhatsApp to share some user data with Facebook and […]

Mar 25, 2021

Appointments

WhatsApp ropes-in Mahesh Mahatme from Amazon Pay to lead India payments

WhatsApp ropes-in Mahesh Mahatme from Amazon Pay to lead India payments WhatsApp has hired a top Amazon executive to head its payments business in India, two sources told Reuters, as the messenger service gears up to expand in the booming sector. Manesh Mahatme, who has worked at Amazon Pay for nearly seven years, is due to join WhatsApp’s payment service soon, one […]

Mar 19, 2021

Jobs

WhatsApp to move ahead with privacy update despite backlash

WhatsApp to move ahead with privacy update despite backlash Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp said on Thursday it will go ahead with its controversial privacy policy update but will allow users to read it at “their own pace” and will also display a banner providing additional information. In January, the messaging platform informed users it was preparing […]

Feb 19, 2021

Jobs

India parliament panel questions Facebook on WhatsApp’s privacy terms

India parliament panel questions Facebook on WhatsApp’s privacy terms Facebook executives on Thursday fielded questions from an Indian parliamentary panel about changes to WhatsApp’s privacy policy, days after the country’s technology ministry asked the messaging platform to withdraw them. The committee asked why Facebook needed to change WhatsApp’s privacy terms and how it will impact […]

Jan 22, 2021

Jobs

Govt asked WhatsApp to withdraw privacy policy update

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology asked WhatsApp to withdraw privacy policy update India’s technology ministry has asked WhatsApp to withdraw changes to its privacy policy the messaging platform announced earlier this month, saying the new terms take away choice from Indian users. The demand creates a new headache for WhatsApp and its U.S. parent […]

Jan 21, 2021

Jobs

Don’t join WhatsApp if not accepting new policy: HC

Don’t join WhatsApp if not accepting new policy: HC The Delhi High Court on Monday said accepting the new privacy policy of social messaging app WhatsApp was a “voluntary” thing and one can choose not to use or join that platform if one did not agree with its terms and conditions. “It is a private […]

Jan 20, 2021

Jobs

WhatsApp to delay launch of update business features after privacy backlash

WhatsApp would delay the new policy launch to May from February after privacy backlash Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp is delaying an update aimed at increasing business transactions on the platform after a storm of concern from users who feared that the messaging platform was watering down its privacy policy in the process. WhatsApp users received a […]

Jan 16, 2021

Jobs

HC judge recuses from hearing plea against updated privacy policy of WhatsApp

HC judge recuses from hearing plea against updated privacy policy of WhatsApp A Delhi High Court judge on Friday recused herself from hearing a plea challenging the updated privacy policy of messaging app WhatsApp. Justice Prathiba M Singh also expressed displeasure over an email sent on behalf of Facebook or WhatsApp stating that she ought […]

Jan 16, 2021