Facebook caves in: WhatsApp users who don't accept the new privacy policy won't have their …

by Martin Brinkmann on June 03, 2021 in Facebook – Last Update: June 03, 2021 – 4 comments WhatsApp users who don’t accept the new privacy policies of the service won’t have their accounts deleted or functionality limited, after all.Facebook introduced updated terms of service and a new privacy policy for its popular messaging service some time ago. The company extended the deadline once but stuck to May 15, 2021 despite far reaching user protests and media coverage on the situation.Users of WhatsApp who would not accept the new terms and the privacy policy would have their functionality limited up until recently. The staged reduction of functionality would remove the ability to initiate chats or calls before options to respond to chats or calls would be removed as well, and eventually the termination of the account.A published FAQ page about the changes and consequences of not accepting the terms and new policy on the WhatsApp website was updated recently, and it appears that Facebook had a change of heart.According to the updated FAQ, accounts of users who don’t accept the new privacy policy or terms won’t be deleted after all, and the functionality won’t be reduced as well.What happens on…
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