After weeks of criticism, WhatsApp announced a delay in the introduction of a new privacy policy announced earlier. The company’s decision made everyone talk online, spurring jokes on social media.
WhatsApp said Friday that it would delay the launch of a new policy until May from February, that the update was aimed at allowing users to send a message with businesses, and that the update will not affect personal conversations, which still have end-to-end encryption. .
“We’ve heard from so many people so upset about our recent update,” the company wrote on Friday in a blog post. “A lot of misinformation has been a cause for concern and we want to help everyone understand our principles and facts,” the post said.
He soon began another round of online trolling, with people saying “it’s too late” as many have switched to Signal or Telegram. Others shared memes to inspire a brand at how frightened they were and decided to postpone the implementation.
#WhatsApp have delayed their latest privacy & accounts policies
Public: pic.twitter.com/hQ2Olbsx31– Kumar Chaudhary (@ iamkumar32) January 16, 2021
* WhatsApp delays privacy changes by 3 months *
Nibba-nibbs: pic.twitter.com/50M8h4Ci2b
– Harsh Anand (@harshhhh_zoned) January 16, 2021
Amid backlash from Indian users #WhatsApp to delay a new privacy policy by three months.
Simultaneous users to Zuckerberg: pic.twitter.com/UgvggG5oje– Amit Singh Rajput (@amitvaani) January 16, 2021
#WhatsApp delays privacy changes due to user backup
Simultaneous users to Zuckerberg: pic.twitter.com/HrL1lZMlja
– Komaal.says (@iikomaal) January 16, 2021
WhatsApp to delay privacy policy due to similar backlash.Meanwhile signal- pic.twitter.com/xNa0xrari4
– zyzz (@ MohdAzizAhmed3) January 16, 2021
WhatsApp will delay updating the latest privacy policy.
with token sections: pic.twitter.com/jdCrCEpUVJ
– narcassm (@narcassm) January 16, 2021
WhatsApp will delay their privacy changes 3 months
At the same time, the world will be: pic.twitter.com/TjHN9o6ex1
– Rishika Rao (@aadiivaasii) January 16, 2021
#WhatsApp delays privacy changes due to user backup.
Public Meanwhie to Zuckerberg: pic.twitter.com/0fS4si3gvH
– Turbosu Roy (@turbosu_roy) January 16, 2021
The thing is, when the whole family moves to another platform, we are unlikely to return … because u will delay the thing… pic.twitter.com/kHsvPTKBMI
– TOM EPOLLIN ⭐ (@TEpollin) January 15, 2021
he is
also
late. pic.twitter.com/ykMvE7smO5– alvin x (@logsbyax) January 16, 2021
* Whatsapp delays changes to privacy policy *
Memers: pic.twitter.com/Zkdm9lDvO1
– anastipu (@teepusahab) January 15, 2021
The news made earlier this month had seen bad backdrops and created a great deal of upheaval, leading to a massive migration of users to other people’s apps. As a result, the messaging service has been better defined by what data it collects and how it shares that information with a parent company.
WhatsApp users were notified earlier in January that they were preparing a new privacy policy and terms, and reserved the right to share some user data with the Facebook app. The discontent around WhatsApp’s new policies has helped drive continued user growth for competing apps, such as Signal and Telegram.