WhatsApp serious about legal action over claims of abusing its platform
Companies are advertising products to bypass usage restrictions
11 June 2019 - 17:29
New Delhi — WhatsApp has threatened legal action against those who publicly claim the ability to abuse its messaging platform, after the emergence of a raft of companies advertising products to bypass usage restrictions.
A Reuters investigation found in May that WhatsApp clones and software tools were helping Indian digital marketers and political activists bypass anti-spam restrictions in the run-up to India’s general election...
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