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Campaign groups and politicians have spoken out against the move over concerns it could increase cyberbullying cases.

On 1 September, instant messaging giant WhatsApp rolled out a new update giving group admins more control over groups. This will include having more power over the content that is shared in groups.

Emma Sadleir warned WhatsApp group admins should take note of recent update to app that could hold them legally liable for other users' posts.

The social media platform announced several privacy updates, including giving users the ability to check their messages, without other people knowing.

According to a screenshot shared by WABetaInfo, if a person enters the status, a green ring will appear around the profile photo which indicates that the user has uploaded his/her status. 

Careful what you say: these WhatsApp messages can land you in jail President Ramaphosa has signed the Cybercrimes Act into law, criminalising the sending of certain messages on social media. The act centres around three different types of harmful messages. These are messages which incite damage to property or violence, threaten individuals with damage to property or violence and, lastly, unlawfully contain an intimate image. Penalties for infringing these laws include imprisonment (up to three ...

Facebook has withdrawn commitment to meet with the Communications and Digital Technologies Committee, said former DA MP Phumzile Van Damme.

Changes coming to WhatsApp as terms of service, privacy policy draws nearer Instant messaging service WhatsApp has announced that a number of changes for the platform are in the works. Covid-19 has accelerated the movement towards a cashless, contactless society for hygiene and convenience reasons. To this effect, the messaging service will soon introduce WhatsApp payments, which is already live in India and Brazil. The company plans to introduce it to other regions in the coming months, with W...

WhatsApp Privacy Policy: Government questions CEO, asks to withdraw recent changes to privacy policy In a strongly worded letter to WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart, the ministry also raised concerns about the information security of the users as the new policy of WhatsApp proposes to share the metadata of users chat with business accounts with other Facebook companies. Source: Reuters The Indian government has asked WhatsApp to withdraw the recent changes in the privacy policy of the messaging app, ...