Any warning from Google’s Project Zero threat hunters is taken seriously. This is the team behind many of the zero-day spyware discoveries plaguing Android and iPhone. This threat affects WhatsApp on Android, and relates to zero-click media downloads.

Russia is banning WhatsApp in the country for defying local laws. Can India, which has its own set of grievances against WhatsApp, too do it? As a sovereign country India can but it's neither simple nor easy.

A Meta spokesperson said the EU had "no reason" to intervene over it changing the app in January.

After being revealed in January, WhatsApp is now rolling out a major upgrade to how the app will work on the web.

You'll need to enroll in the beta to try it early.

WhatsApp is rolling out voice and video calls on WhatsApp Web, starting with one-to-one chats. Screen sharing is included in video calls, while group calls and extras like call links are still in development.

If you find yourself receiving WhatsApp messages from your contacts asking you to vote for a "friend's" child at a dance competition, do not click any links in the message, or you may lose access to your WhatsApp account.

Meta Platforms unit WhatsApp's fight against the EU privacy watchdog was sent back to ​a lower tribunal on Tuesday, prolonging a five-year tussle triggered by the ‌latter's order to the Irish data protection authority to increase a fine to 225 million euros ($268 million).