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Home / News / Science News / WhatsApp claims Terms of Service change only affects business accounts
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    WhatsApp claims Terms of Service change only affects business accounts

    Chandraveer Mathur
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    Last updated on Jan 10, 2021, 07:01 pm
    WhatsApp claims Terms of Service change only affects business accounts
  • WhatsApp recently pushed a notification directing users to accept the revised Terms of Service by February 8.

    Elon Musk took this opportunity to recommend Signal over WhatsApp, following the backlash over how WhatsApp handles user data.

    The messaging platform now claims that the changes only concern business account users. This begs the question: why was the notification pushed to private individuals at all then?

  • In this article
    Elon Musk mocks WhatsApp and promotes Signal as an alternative WhatsApp's recent clarification sounds more like damage control No way to opt out of sharing user data WhatsApp clarification: Only chats with businesses will be affected Let's not forget that WhatsApp is too big to fail
  • A clear Signal

    Elon Musk mocks WhatsApp and promotes Signal as an alternative

    Elon Musk mocks WhatsApp and promotes Signal as an alternative
  • Billionaire Musk's tweet promoting privacy-first messaging service Signal gained traction as people began grasping the implications of the changes in WhatsApp's ToS.

    It is evident that Musk's tweet was a jab at the WhatsApp issue, while still being a genuine suggestion.

    The billionaire has spared no opportunity to express his criticism of Facebook and its subsidiaries.

  • PR move

    WhatsApp's recent clarification sounds more like damage control

    WhatsApp's recent clarification sounds more like damage control
  • The ToS change was widely interpreted as an ultimatum to share WhatsApp user data with other Facebook entities.

    The data sharing move is now being touted as a means to improve targeted advertising across the parent company's platforms.

    WhatsApp has been careful with its choice of words in the documentation, but its clarification seems more like damage control than a genuine case of misinterpretation.

  • No options

    No way to opt out of sharing user data

    No way to opt out of sharing user data
  • The policy, effective next month, shows no evidence of giving users an option to opt out of data sharing.

    The Verge reports this was a one-time option seen on the platform briefly in 2016 and has since only been referenced but never explicitly stated otherwise.

    It is understood that at some level WhatsApp is funded by Facebook's advertising activities and user data is shared.

  • Strictly business

    WhatsApp clarification: Only chats with businesses will be affected

    WhatsApp clarification: Only chats with businesses will be affected
  • In a statement issued recently, WhatsApp claimed that the ToS change is a step towards a more transparent platform.

    It said that businesses can choose to receive secure hosting services from their parent company Facebook to help manage their communications with customers on WhatsApp.

    It is up to the users to decide whether or not they wish to interact with businesses on WhatsApp.

  • Two billion users

    Let's not forget that WhatsApp is too big to fail

    Let's not forget that WhatsApp is too big to fail
  • This move could either have been a genuine attempt to address users' privacy concerns, or Facebook might as well be exercising damage control. Meanwhile, the non-profit messaging service Signal has registered an unprecedented surge in sign-ups.

    While this PR disaster might have cost WhatsApp some users, let's not forget that the platform's user base includes a quarter of the world's population.

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