WhatsApp

The new WhatsApp and Meta AI feature uses Private Processing to keep AI chats temporary, encrypted and inaccessible to Meta.

DoT delays controversial rules after industry pushback over compliance burden and user disruption.

Handle-based messaging could curb spam and unlock new revenue through dynamic pricing, even as regulators tighten SIM-linked account verification

Move reflects growing tension between privacy protections and online safety enforcement

Messaging app withdraws appeal and agrees to implement consent safeguards as Supreme Court hears cross-appeals in privacy dispute.