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Image source, GoogleImage caption, A hearing took place at the force's headquarters on FridayA "deplorable" former detective inspector would have been sacked had he not already resigned, a disciplinary hearing was told.Steve Wragg shared messages that were "inappropriate, misogynistic, and discriminatory in content", it found.Nottinghamshire Police said he resigned from the force on 15 February after it outlined allegations against him.After a hearing at the force's Sherwood Lodge headquarters on Friday he has been barred from policing for life.The gross misconduct hearing was told Mr Wragg shared the WhatsApp messages between April 2020 and January 2022, with some including details about a man's death following an overdose that he had attended.He also "failed to report, challenge, and take action against the conduct of a colleague" in relation to WhatsApp messages, and in June 2021 "conspired to share material" to help a colleague gain "an unfair advantage" in a bid for promotion.Chief Constable Katie Meynell said Wragg's actions were "abhorrent and completely unacceptable".Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.Related TopicsMore on this storyRelated Internet LinksThe BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.

We get a good look at how the feature will work in the latest beta WhatsApp is the messaging app of choice for billions of users around the world, whether talking to individuals or participating in group chats. The app supports voice and video calling as well, but lags behind dedicated calling apps like Google Meet and Zoom in the features department. Recent updates have played a key role in catching up, and the newest one narrows the gap further. WhatsApp is testing a call scheduling feature currently in development. Rudimentary voice and video calling support has existed on WhatsApp for years now, but features like support for larger groups, automatic call scheduling, and in-call chatting have pushed droves of users towards dedicated video conferencing apps. WhatsApp missed the opportunity to become even more popular when it failed to add full-fledged meeting features during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although it is many years late now, we spotted support for call scheduling in development in February. The feature has been off the radar since, resurfacing now with WhatsApp v2.23.17.7 distributed through the Google Play Beta program. The latest update spotted by WABetaInfo gives us a look at the workflow for scheduling a

Fines tied to unauthorized communications on Wall Street have topped $2.5 billion, and that’s probably not the last of it. Filings and media reports show that regulators have quizzed more than a dozen other firms about the use of unofficial channels like WhatsApp, personal texts and email to conduct business. The list includes some of the biggest names in asset management, private equity and hedge funds, as well as smaller banks, beyond the Big 6 that have already reached settlements. Who’s on Notice          Company   Source Agency Focus Apollo Global Management Inc.   10-Q SEC Electronic messaging channels BlackRock Inc.   10-Q SEC Record retention requirements Blackstone Inc.   10-Q SEC Retention of electronic business communications Carlyle Group Inc.   10-Q SEC WhatsApp, WeChat and similar applications Citadel   BN SEC Unapproved channels Fifth Third Bancorp   10-Q SEC, CFTC Settlement talks underway Interactive Brokers Group Inc.   10-Q SEC, CFTC Records preservation requirements Invesco Ltd.   10-Q SEC Investment advisers Jones Financial Cos.   10-Q SEC Unapproved devices, platforms KeyCorp   10-Q SEC, CFTC Broker-dealer, investment advisers  KKR & Co.    10-Q SEC Business-related electronic communications LPL Financial Holdings Inc.   10-Q SEC Personal devices and

Being aware of your attachment style can help with communication, according to Therapy Jeff. WhatsApp partnered with Therapy Jeff to break down features best for each attachment style. Credit: WhatsApp If you're on the relationship-side of TikTok, you probably know about attachment theory. Developed by psychiatrist John Bowlby and psychologist Mary Ainsworth in the mid-twentieth century, the theory stresses that our earliest attachments — with our parents or other caregivers — impact attachments with romantic partners throughout our life.If you're on TikTok, you might also know Jeff Guenther aka Therapy Jeff, a licensed professional counselor boasting 2.7 million TikTok followers. Now, WhatsApp and Therapy Jeff are teaming up to share the best features for four different attachment styles: secure, avoidant, anxious, and disorganized. Secure types might enjoy the WhatsApp messaging editing feature. Credit: WhatsApp Secure attachmentThose who are securely attached are more likely to trust others and communicate effectively. The ability to edit WhatsApp messages could be helpful, according to Guenther, if you like to double check what you send so you're not misunderstood. Leaving groups silently may be a favorite of avoidant types. Credit: WhatsApp Want more sex and dating stories in your inbox? Sign up for Mashable's new

An article from Dive Brief The penalties bring to $1.5 billion the amount companies have paid since the SEC launched an initiative in 2021 to curb employees’ use of off-channel messages. Published Aug. 9, 2023 A person's finger is posed next to the Whatsapp app logo on an iPhone. Carl Court via Getty Images First published on Dive Brief: The Securities and Exchange Commission has fined 11 financial services companies $289 million for not policing their employees’ use of WhatsApp and other messaging apps in violation of recordkeeping requirements.  “Here are three takeaways for those firms who haven’t yet ,” SEC enforcement chief Gurbir Grewal said in a statement. “Self-report, cooperate and remediate. If you adopt that playbook, you’ll have a better outcome than if you wait for us to come calling.” The penalties bring to more than $1.5 billion the amount companies have paid since the SEC launched a risk-based initiative in 2021 to find, and curb, employees' use of unreported instant messages for work in the highly regulated securities space.  Dive Insight: To date, the SEC has brought 30 enforcement actions against companies under the initiative. The goal, Grewal said, is to “drive this foundational

Aug 08, 2023 11:32 PM IST Also, users can now make WhatsApp video calls in Landscape mode for a ‘wider and more immersive viewing,’ noted Meta Platforms, its parent company. In its latest feature for WhatsApp, Meta Platforms on Tuesday announced that users of the instant messaging service can now share their screens during video calls on the platform. Now, share your screen during a WhatsApp video call (Image courtesy: facebook.com/zuck) Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to Facebook to introduce the screen-sharing feature for WhatsApp. Also Read: Zuckerberg unveils WhatsApp 60-second video message feature. How it works? Watch“We're adding the ability to share your screen during a video call on WhatsApp,” Zuckerberg wrote in his post. Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook post announcing screen-sharing for WhatsApp. Separately, in a press release, Meta explained how people can share their screens while on a WhatsApp video call.“You can initiate screen-sharing by clicking on the ‘Share’ icon and choosing between sharing a specific application or sharing the entire screen,” the tech giant stated. WhatsApp's screen-sharing feature for video calls. The company further said: “Whether sharing documents for work, browsing photos with family, planning a vacation, shopping online with friends, or just helping parents with tech

Wells Fargo & Co. and BNP Paribas are among firms that will pay hundreds of millions of dollars total in penalties for employees using unofficial communications like WhatsApp to conduct business — the latest salvo in U.S. regulators’ crackdown on how Wall Street keeps records. Wells Fargo units agreed to pay $125 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission and BNP will pay $35 million, the regulator said Tuesday. Meanwhile, the two lenders will pay $75 million each over similar violations by their derivatives brokerage units, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said. In all, the CFTC announced penalties of $260 million, while the SEC said that firms had agreed to pay it $289 million. Over the past several years, the SEC and CFTC have been cracking down on firms skirting regulatory scrutiny by using services such as WhatsApp or personal email addresses for work-related communications. Finance firms are required to scrupulously monitor communications involving their business to head off improper conduct. Regulators have said that failing to properly archive messages can make it harder to investigate wrongdoing. On Tuesday, the SEC said that its investigation “uncovered pervasive and longstanding off-channel communications” at 11 firms. As part of the settlements, the

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by Colin Kirkland , 3 hours ago WhatsApp has announced a beta version of its new voice chat feature that invites users to connect in groups of up to 32 people for a spoken session on the app. The new feature, which resembles chat capabilities on Telegram, Discord, Slack and Meta's Messenger app, is now rolling out to Android testers.According to beta notes published by WABetaInfo, the voice chats update is accessible via a waveform icon that is visible in compatible group chats. Tapping on the icon will launch the voice chat and a dedicated interface. From there, any group member, up to 32 people, will be able to join the chat and start speaking.This differs from the app's existing group calls feature in that group voice chats will not cause everyone's phone to ring. Every group participant will instead receive a silent push notification when a new chat is created in their groups. After everyone leaves the chat, the session will remain active for up to one hour, and then will automatically end.Aligning with WhatsApp’s other messaging capabilities, voice chats are end-to-end encrypted. advertisementadvertisement