Does Red Tick on WhatsApp Mean Govt is Tracking your Messages? Fact Check
Viral message on Whatsapp claims that the government is monitoring the Whatsapp account of the users.
| 28 May 2021 2:15 PM GMT
New Delhi: Ever since the announcement of the Centre s new IT rules in February, fake Whatsapp forward messages have been circulating the internet. Some of these messages have gone viral which claim that two blue ticks and one red tick would mean the government is taking some action against the user and three red ticks would mean that the government has started court proceedings. This claim is fake and such similar messages have gone viral in the past year as well.
Updated: January 25, 2021 3:42 PM IST
The Delhi High Court (HC) during a court hearing on January 25 said that accepting the new privacy policy of WhatsApp was a “voluntary” thing and one can choose not to use or join the platform if one did not agree with its terms of services updated by the messaging platform. The HC heard a plea by a lawyer challenging that the new privacy policy violates the right of privacy of individuals. Also Read - How to create and send Happy Vishu 2021, Odia New Year, Bohag Bihu, and Puthandu WhatsApp stickers
WhatsApp updated its privacy policy earlier this month with a deadline to accept it by February 8. After the public outrage and users moving to Signal and Telegram, the messaging platform pushed the deadline to accept the policy to May 15. Also Read - WhatsApp rolling out disappearing messages for group participants
WhatsApp clears air on privacy policy, says update doesn t affect users privacy
This is second such clarification issued by WhatsApp as it had earlier stated that the update would only affect business accounts
BusinessToday.In | January 12, 2021 | Updated 10:16 IST
WhatsApp on Tuesday, January 12, the Facebook-owned messaging platform said the update doesn t affect privacy of messages with friends of family
WhatsApp on Tuesday, January 12, clarified its stance on its new terms of service and privacy policy. The Facebook-owned messaging platform said that the update doesn t affect privacy of messages with friends of family.
This is second such clarification issued by WhatsApp as it had earlier stated that the update would only affect business accounts.