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NewsBytes Briefing: Germany clamps down on WhatsApp, and more

NewsBytes Briefing: Germany clamps down on WhatsApp, and more
Written by Nachiket Mhatre
Apr 15, 2021, 01:02 am 2 min read
NewsBytes Briefing: Germany clamps down on WhatsApp, and more

Even as Indian government scrambles to figure out how to prevent Facebook from taking advantage of its citizenry, Germany has leveraged the European Union's solid privacy laws to take WhatsApp to task. Facebook's attempts to play privacy policy bait-and-switch with German users has hit a brick wall after the country has opened proceedings to stop if from enforcing WhatsApp's new unilateral policy.

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