Dussehra or Vijayadashmi is being celebrated on October 12 this year. Instead of the generic Dussehra messages, users can add a touch of festive cheer in their greetings with vibrant WhatsApp stickers. While WhatsApp doesn’t offer built-in Dussehra stickers, it’s easy to download and add them to your collection.Not sure where to start? We’ve got…
GURGAON: Police said on Saturday they had filed an FIR against senior officials of WhatsApp for not cooperating in an ongoing investigation in a financial cheating case in which a city-based company was targeted by individuals who were using the instant messaging app.The FIR was filed at Cyber Police Station East under sections 223A (disobedience…
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has proposed new recommendations aimed at simplifying the licensing process under Telecom Act. Importantly, the regulatory body has excluded Over-The-Top (OTT) services like WhatsApp, Google’s RCS, Telegram and other such platforms under this licensing regime.The new recommendations advocate for a single, unified authorisation system across different services and…
Another big fight is brewing between telecom operators — Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone-Idea — and internet giants over the regulation of over-the-top (OTT) platforms. Telecom industry body COAI has called for bringing popular messaging and video call apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, and Google Meet under the ambit of telecom licences, arguing that they contribute…
Bangladesh has imposed a ban on several popular social media platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, and YouTube, as per reports. This move, announced on Friday, August 2, has effectively restricted access to these widely-used social networks across the nation. WhatsApp, Instagram, other platforms banned by Bangladesh Global Eyes News first reported the ban through its…
IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that WhatsApp and its parent company Meta have not informed the government of any plans to shut down its services in India. He was replying to a question raised in the Rajya Sabha recently.“[The] Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has shared that WhatsApp or Meta has not…
Mark Zuckerberg-owned Meta rolled out its Meta AI chatbot to WhatsApp, Instagram and other platforms last month. The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot appears to be struggling with a basic mathematics question. When asked ‘which is bigger 9.9 or 9.11’, Meta AI on WhatsApp responded ‘9.11 is bigger than 9.9’. On further asking to explain why…
Meta-owned instant messaging app, WhatsApp has started rolling out a new feature called Favourites filter on the platform. The new feature is aimed at making it easier for users to find contacts, chats and even calls via this new filtre. WhatsApp’s new Favourites filtre: What is it and how it worksAccording to the official release…
NEW DELHI: OTT services such as WhatsApp, Signal, Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) may come under a regulatory regime with Trai looking to come with recommendations on the matter. The development assumes significance since govt had kept OTTs out of the regulatory regime in the new telecom act, which was passed recently by the…
Messaging service platform WhatsApp this week submitted before the Delhi High Court that if it is made or compelled to break encryption of messages, then the platform will stop functioning. The submissions came while the division bench led by the Acting Chief Justice was hearing the petitions moved by WhatsApp and Facebook challenging newly amended…
