In 2019, WhatsApp disabled the ability to download display pictures of people on the platform. Now, the platform aims to introduce a feature that prevents users from taking screenshots of other users' profile pictures.
The Court denied anticipatory bail to IPS officer Aditya Kumar, who allegedly conceived a plan to dupe the Bihar DGP by creating a fake WhatsApp account having then Chief Justice Sanjay Karol's profile picture.
The Allahabad High Court ordered a man accused of committing rape on the pretext of marriage to not put the alleged victim's photo as his display picture on WhatsApp or Facebook as a condition for his release on bail.