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After announcing its coming group chat upgrade back in April, WhatsApp has today launched its new ‘Communities’ update, which provides additional functionality for your group chats in the app. Welcome to Communities ????Now admins can bring related groups together in one place to keep conversations organized.Organized. Private. Connected ???? pic.twitter.com/u7ZSmrs7Ys— WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) November 3, 2022 As you can see in this overview, the new Communities process enables users to connect related group chats under a single banner, making it easier to stay in touch with broader context around a topic. As explained by WhatsApp: “Communities like neighborhoods, parents at a school, and workplaces can now connect multiple groups together under one umbrella to organize group conversations on WhatsApp.” As displayed here, each WhatsApp Community will include a description of what the Community is for, as well as a menu of sub-groups within that Community that members can choose to join. That’ll enable all new ways of using the app to connect, while also facilitating new forms of discovery (first screenshot above), providing more ways to stay in touch. It could also facilitate new options for brands to build community in WhatsApp, by collecting brand-related chats together in one place. And with…

Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday announced 'Communities on WhatsApp' along with several new features like 32-person video calling, in-chat polls and groups with up to 1,024 users which will be helpful for groups along with Communities. Zuckerberg announced that 'Communities on WhatsApp' will start rolling out to users globally and will be available to everyone over the next few months. "Today we're launching Communities on WhatsApp. It makes groups better by enabling sub-groups, multiple threads, announcement channels, and more. We're also rolling out polls and 32 person video calling too. All secured by end to end encryption so your messages stay private," said the Meta CEO. WhatsApp has been building Communities, a major update to how people will be able to connect on WhatsApp in the groups that matter to them. Communities like neighbourhoods, parents at a school, and workplaces can now connect multiple groups together under one umbrella to organise group conversations on WhatsApp. To get started, users can tap on the new communities tab at the top of their chats on Android and at the bottom on iOS. Discover the stories of your interest They will be able to start a new Community from scratch…

NEW DELHI, Nov 1: Instant messaging firm WhatsApp banned 26.85 lakh accounts in India in September, including 8.72 lakh accounts which were barred proactively before being flagged by users, the company said on Tuesday. The number of accounts blocked in September were 15 per cent more than the 23.28 lakh accounts the messaging platform banned in August. “Between 1 September, 2022 and 30 September, 2022, 2,685,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned. 872,000 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users. An Indian account is identified via a +91 phone number,” Whatsapp said in its ‘User Safety Report’ for the month of September. The tougher IT rules, which came into effect last year, mandate large digital platforms (with over 50 lakh users) to publish compliance reports every month, mentioning the details of complaints received and action taken. Big social media firms have drawn flak in the past over hate speech, misinformation and fake news circulating on their platforms. Concerns have been flagged by some quarters time and again over digital platforms acting arbitrarily in pulling down content, and ‘de-platforming’ users. The Government last week announced rules for setting up a grievance appeal mechanism against arbitrary content moderation, inaction, or…

Big social media firms have drawn flak in the past over hate speech.New Delhi: Instant messaging firm WhatsApp banned 26.85 lakh accounts in India in September, including 8.72 lakh accounts that were barred proactively before being flagged by users, the company said on Tuesday.The number of accounts blocked in September was 15 per cent more than the 23.28 lakh accounts the messaging platform banned in August."Between 1 September, 2022 and 30 September, 2022, 2,685,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned. 872,000 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users. An Indian account is identified via a +91 phone number," Whatsapp said in its 'User Safety Report' for the month of September.The tougher IT rules, which came into effect last year, mandate large digital platforms (with over 50 lakh users) to publish compliance reports every month, mentioning the details of complaints received and action taken.Big social media firms have drawn flak in the past over hate speech, misinformation and fake news circulating on their platforms. Concerns have been flagged by some quarters time and again over digital platforms acting arbitrarily in pulling down content, and 'de-platforming' users.The government last week announced rules for setting up a grievance appeal mechanism against…

The Covid-19 Inquiry has requested details of a No 10 WhatsApp group to be submitted as formal evidence. Thousands of documents have been requested to inform the inquiry, including from the Cabinet Office, it was revealed on Monday. The first preliminary hearing for Module 2 of the inquiry, which will examine political decision-making in Westminster during the pandemic, heard the list of core participants, which includes NHS England, the Health Secretary, and the Cabinet Office. Opening the hearing, Hugo Keith KC, counsel for the inquiry, also detailed the organisations and individuals which had been issued a Rule 9 request to submit evidence.  Rule 9 of the 2006 Inquiry Rules gives the inquiry powers to send written requests for evidence. If a person fails to comply they can be issued a Section 21 notice, which compels the recipient to hand over the materials. Mr Keith told the inquiry what documents had been requested from the Cabinet Office: “We have sought agendas, minutes and other documents associated with the core decision-making forums such as cabinet meetings, Cobra meetings and ministerial implementation groups.“We've asked for ministerial submissions, Number 10 daily briefing documents, records of written and oral advice to ministers, and details of…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsThe coronavirus public inquiry has asked to see Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages when he was Prime Minister, alongside communications with other senior officials.Counsel for the inquiry, Hugo Keith KC, said thousands of documents had been requested to inform the inquiry, and gave the Cabinet Office as an example.“We have sought agendas, minutes and other documents associated with the core decision-making forum such as Cabinet meetings, Cobra meetings and ministerial implementation groups,” he said.“We’ve asked for ministerial submissions, Number 10 daily briefing documents, records of written and oral advice to ministers and details of internal communications including a WhatsApp group, which included the Prime Minister, Number 10 and other senior officials.”Module two will scrutinise political decisions and actions in relation to the pandemic, between early January 2020 and February 2022, when remaining Covid-19 restrictions were lifted. How were economic and societal impacts, including the impact on physical health, healthcare provision, mental health, education and societal wellbeing, assessed and weighed in the balance?Hugo Keith KCThe inquiry has requested evidence from the Cabinet Office, Foreign Commonwealth and Development…

Gerardo Martino and this Mexican player October 30, 2022, 17:46 hs Gerardo Martino is about to complete the process for which he was hired. The Mexican national team is on the eve of another World Cup and with that, the Argentinean coach could end his cycle, according to RECORD, whatever happens in Qatar 2022. Throughout his tenure, there have been many really talented players left by the wayside.In an interview with FOX Sports, a talented Mexican player stated that he always had the intention of representing Mexico and that is why he tried to make an effort when it came to playing minutes with the team. However, he stated that through phone calls and Whatsapp messages, Gerardo Martino told him that he would no longer be part of the national team.if you want to the Adidas Argentina Men´s World Cup Jersey Messi #10. Buy hereMore related news: The new price to be paid for Hirving Lozano, now that he's a star playerHe was sacked from PSG, now he is shining at this European giantNow, time seems to play against the current coach of the Mexican national team. It is precisely about the player Victor Guzman, an element that could even…

There was no time to lose. Pablo, a two year old child admitted to the Burgos University Hospital, had to be hooked up to a machine in order to keep on living. The fierce commitment by professionals and an informal Whatsapp group made possible the coordinated race against time by three hospitals with the sole objective of saving Pablo’s life.  Five health care services travelled almost 800 kilometres, spent money out of their own pocket and lost hours of sleep in order to help Pablo He remains in critical condition, but alive.  A couple of weeks ago, on the 18th of October, Pablo was in “an unstable condition and the worse could occur” explained the Antonio Morales, the paediatrician at Materno de Malaga’s intensive care unit. The Andalucian Health Service gave their authorisation for Pablo’s transfer immediately and medics had to go out of the autonomous community. The help of more volunteers was sought through a Whatsapp group of the hospital’s intensive care unit in Malaga.  The problem was that the central medical centre in Burgos didn’t have the correct equipment that Pablo needed to be hooked up to, which meant that he had to be transferred to Madrid. However,…

WhatsApp iconPhoto : iStockWhatsApp is enhancing its user interface with exciting updates. The Meta-owned app is now officially testing messages with yourself for some android and iOS beta testers, reported WABetaInfo.As per the website, WhatsApp is now launching a minor test by rolling out “messages with yourself” to some beta users. Notably, it has always been possible to send messages to yourself. For this users need to use click on WhatsApp to open it on WhatsApp for Android.The website also shared a screenshot of the feature. The app has now highlighted the chat with your own number by adding “message yourself” as the chat caption. Some beta users have received the feature after installing the latest update of WhatsApp.Some beta users also reportedly experiencing a better synchronisation of messages within the chat with their own phone number. "If you send a message to the chat with your phone number, it will be always synced with your other linked devices since it is no longer an unsupported feature when using multi-device," WABetaInfo wrote.WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.24.2 is marked as a compatible build for the new feature. iOS can get the feature after installing the WhatsApp beta for iOS 22.23.0.70 update.…

According to recent reports, WhatsApp, the preeminent example of a meta-owned messaging service, is currently bringing a blur function for photographs to users of its desktop beta. According to a report that was published by WABetaInfo, beta users will soon have access to an additional option in their image editors. This option will provide them the ability to obscure any sensitive information that they may wish to keep private before transmitting an image.The ability to edit photos was originally exclusive to the mobile version of WhatsApp. However, earlier this year, this capability was added to the WhatsApp Web client as well as the desktop program. In June 2022, WABetaInfo made public their discovery that an image-blurring feature was in the process of being developed for desktop users. The identical update is currently being distributed to users of the WhatsApp Desktop Beta.According to the source, WhatsApp users now have the option to blur an image totally or, for greater control, to just blur an image partially. Both options are available in the app. If a user is unsure whether or not they have gotten the update, they can try sending a picture to the sketching tool and look to see if…