End-to-end encryption is still guaranteed, and Meta also said that if users only use the app to call or message their ...

Iranian state television has urged people to remove WhatsApp from their smart phones, alleging without specific evidence that ...

Iranian officials had warned people to stop using WhatsApp, Telegram and other "location-based applications," according to a ...

The launch upends its founders’ original mission of creating an app with ‘No Ads! No Games! No Gimmicks!’ This week, WhatsApp ...

WhatsApp recently confirmed that advertising is gradually rolling out to a significant portion of its users. According to a ...

More than a decade after it acquired WhatsApp, Meta will begin showing ads within the app.

WhatsApp is rolling out ads on parts of the platform, but assures users that personal messages, calls and statuses will remain end-to-end encrypted and private.

Mobile phone app logos for, from left, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp in are photographed in New York on Oct. 5, 2021.

Even though WhatsApp has strong privacy and security features, it isn’t impenetrable – as Israel has previously shown.

WhatsApp, long considered a sanctuary from ads, is now showing promotions in its Updates tab. Meta’s announcement brings status ads, channel promotions and paid subscriptions to the app. Private chats ...

While privacy concerns have made monetizing the app a challenge, Meta is again betting on ads to address its revenue goals.