WhatsApp has become an essential part in our lives. Be it personal, informal, friendly
or professional talks, marketing and business communications, Whatsapp is the best
ever option and medium. Apart from private one-to-one chats, there are a huge
number of features available. The extravagant status tab, allowing us to update both
pictures and own lines, has helped many to showcase to the world what they are
currently on to and spread awareness about the same. Another most highlighted and
tremendously used dimension is the exclusively different and full-fledged group chat
facility.
Be it events, parties, functions, meetings or vacations, WhatsApp group is the
ultimate platform for all the involved persons to discuss, plan, and get complete
information about the schedule. Yet there are a couple of drawbacks: during a
serious discussion, someone can start a chat, which in turn changes the forum’s
knowledge. There may also arise some confusion and misinterpretation due to
multiple persons messaging continuously.
WhatsApp puts an end to all such demerits by planning to introduce a setting for the
group chat to keep it as clear and efficient as possible. The new emergent will allow
the messages and replies only from trusted group administrators to reach you. It
may seem to be a plain change, but it certainly helps you filter out unwanted
messages. Aiming at elevating the quality of group chat, WhatsApp continues to
emphasize no change-bringing actions along with the recently added updates like
group descriptions and anti-spam mechanisms.
On its official blog, WhatsApp has stated - “One way people use groups is to receive
important announcements and information, including parents and teachers at
schools, community centers, and non-profit organizations. We’ve introduced this new
setting so admins can have better tools for these use cases.” The new update
facilitates you to receive only important and useful information and announcements
as they are messages from the admin.
All in all, users have seen a lot of changes in the app. The upgradation and changes
were all for bettering the functionality of the app. Let us now be ready to welcome,
learn, and use the new update, which is all set to release and rock.
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Government admits it’s hard to check objectionable content sent through Whatsapp
Indian Government had expressed their inability to monitor objectionable content sent using social messaging application Whatsapp. Due to the End-to-End Encryption, it is not possible for the third person to view messages sent through Whatsapp.
In Rajya Sabha,, Electronics and Information Technology Minister replied to a question asked by Congress member Raj Babbar. He answered that they are no route ways to check objectionable content on Whatsapp. Once content is reported government can take any action as it has laws in place.
Then the member again asked whether the government had the plan to stop sharing of objectionable videos through Whatsapp. Prasad answered laws dealing with transmitting offensive contents. He said the offensive videos which are uploaded using mobile phones and shared through Whatsapp had been seen, but he added end-to-end encryption for message can’t be seen to third party
“Instances of objectionable videos being uploaded through mobile phones and shared through WhatsApp have been noticed. According to WhatsApp, the messages are end-to-end encrypted, and they and any third party cannot read them. In other words, the messages are only seen by the sender and the receiver,” he said in the reply.
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“WhatsApp provides a feature to report any objectionable content. However, they also admit that since they do not have the substance of the messages available to them, it limits their ability to take action. A user can take a screenshot of the content and share it with appropriate law enforcement authorities,” he added.
Minister said on IT act, 2000, makes minor changes in 2008, gives a punishment for publishing or transmitting objectionable content such as obscene material and sexually explicit. He said, “Concerned law enforcement agencies take necessary action for violation noticed or reported as per the law,”
