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He also has to pay a Dh20,000 compensation to the woman. A young man will pay a fine of Dh250,000 for sending insulting and abusive messages to a woman through WhatsApp, an Abu Dhabi court ruled. The Arab man was also told to pay Dh20,000 to the woman in compensation for the damages she suffered. Official court documents stated that the young Arab woman had lodged a complaint with the authorities accusing the man of sending her abusive and insulting texts via WhatsApp. She also presented to the police the offensive messages she received from the defendant. After investigating the matter, prosecutors referred the case to the court on charges of violating the law on use of information technology. The Abu Dhabi misdemeanour court had earlier sentenced the man to a fine of Dh250,000 after he was found guilty of violating the online law. The woman was told to file a civil suit against the man to claim the compensation for the material and moral damages she suffered as a result of the unlawful act. The civil court of first instance ordered the young man to pay a Dh20,000 compensation to the woman but she appealed the ruling because she was not satisfied with the payout. The appellant civil court, however, upheld the Dh20,000 compensation payout for the woman. Besides the compensation payout, the Arab man also has to pay the Dh250,000 fine over conviction for the abusive WhatApp messages. Article 20 of The Federal Law No.5 2020 on combating cybercrimes stipulates that a person is subject to punishment if they carry out the crimes by using the internet or any forms of information technology. The UAE law imposes a penalty of imprisonment or a fine of not less than Dh250,000 and not exceeding Dh500,000 or both penalties on whoever…

Without fail, shady Kenyans are at it again, this time around trying to scam people following Safaricom’s 20th-anniversary celebration. The new scam doing rounds on WhatsApp claims to be giving away KES 4100 as part of a Safaricom giveaway program. The perpetrators are convincing people that they should check whether their phone number has been shortlisted to receive the cash price. A screenshot of the scam being shared on WhatsApp Like a previous scam that we highlighted before, the minds behind this scam are not only creative but pretty smart as they have used Safaricom’s official brand colours, their new promotional font and even tried to mask the scam by using a domain that closely matches the title of their scam. We have reason to believe that this scam is related to that “Safaricom Spin” scam that claimed to reward people 3800 bob for spinning a wheel online. Like that one, this new “Anniversary” scam has gotten few things right that could lure unsuspecting victims: The layout: The outward User Interface is very Safaricom-esque. They have the right shades of green, good looking fonts and high quality ‘images’. The Link is also more appealing than most other scams Finally, Facebook comments and a like counter to give you the confidence that others have won too. This is how the scamming website looks like And just like the Spin scam, the scam artists have failed on some aspects. Especially when you get into the actual step of getting the money they claim to be rewarding you: Get verified by inputting your number (inputting fake numbers still gets you verified) Send the LINK TO 12 WHATSAPP GROUPS Click the link specific to the phone and then… nothing Risks within this Scam They are collecting your phone numbers: This means you might soon…

Popular instant messaging platform, WhatsApp plans to add on additional features for SMEs and startups to market and sell their products via the platform.  WhatsApp plans to develop new features to support SMEs and startups The new proposed features aim to provide seamless communication between consumers and business owners.  This will allow consumers to purchase products directly from SMEs and startups.  WhatsApp made an official statement  commenting on how Covid-19 exposed flaws in how businesses communicate with consumers. “The global pandemic has made clear that businesses need fast and efficient ways to service their customers and make sales. WhatsApp has become a simple and convenient resource in this time. More than 175 million people every day message a WhatsApp Business account. Our research shows people prefer to message a business to get help and they’re more likely to make a purchase when they can do so.” During the Covid-19 pandemic it became clear that the eCommerce market has developed. Consumers searched for convenient and affordable businesses with a wide range of options to shop from, all from the comfort of their own home. Importance of eCommerce during Covid-19 Economic activities continued during the pandemic, however, adjustments were made by businesses in order to sustain themselves during this critical time. Ecommerce allows people to sustain their economic activities as businesses are creating new features to make shopping more convenient.  Services such as; click and collect, automated subscriptions to online stores and personal shopping options have rapidly emerged this year. This increases competition in the marketplace but also leads to more cybercrimes and data theft. Covid-19 resulted in the growing use of e-commerce as many businesses turned home-based, to provide continuity for enterprises to sustain themselves.  Developments in the pipeline WhatsApp plans to invest in various developments such as a browsing feature, where users…

Facebook recently added a shopping button in WhatsApp. The button will allow users to shop products directly from WhatsApp. In a promotional video shared by the company, one can get a glimpse of how the upcoming feature will work. The video shows a user messaging a business for the product she is interested in. The business then replies back with a catalogue of products that a buyer can choose from. The buyer, then simply adds the product to the card and checks out from the app itself. Here’s the link to the video: The product catalogue will allow users to see products in their chat boxes. Announcing the feature, WhatsApp said “We will expand ways for people to check out available products and make purchases right from a chat. We also want to make it easier for businesses to integrate these features into their existing commerce and customer solutions. This will help many small businesses who have been most impacted in this time.” WhatsApp plans to bring hosting services on its platform. It will provide a new option to businesses to manage their WhatsApp messages. “This will make it easier for small and medium size businesses to get started, sell products, keep their inventory up to date, and quickly respond to messages they receive - wherever their employees are,” the company added. WhatsApp shopping button is said to be coming soon for users in India as well. Read More

SMBs will be able to use the firm’s infrastructure for free with Facebook Hosting Services when it launches Facebook has increased its investment in its tools and services for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), outlining plans to let customers manage WhatsApp messages via new hosting services.The social media giant will expand its partnerships with vendors to give customers a broader range of platforms and hosting services on which to manage their WhatsApp messages. This is in addition to new functionality allowing transactions to be made directly through a chat, as well as new charges for some of the services being offered.Customers have previously been able to manage their WhatsApp chats with customers through both the WhatsApp Business app and WhatsApp Business API. Facebook Hosting Services will give businesses with varying technology needs more choice over which companies they work with, and which companies manage their communications. “Many of the old ways in which people and businesses communicate are not working,” the company announced in a statement. “While businesses spend billions of dollars annually managing phone calls, e-mails, and SMS, people do not want to wait on hold, get passed from person to person, or wonder if their messages were received.“The global pandemic has made clear that businesses need fast and efficient ways to service their customers and make sales. WhatsApp has become a simple and convenient resource in this time.”WhatsApp is touted as one of the most high-profile communications platforms with secure, end-to-end encryption safeguarding the content of messages. Although the consumer-based platform has enjoyed massive success over the last decade, its enterprise business is still fairly young.The company only developed a means of monetising the platform in 2018, for example, with functionality in its API to coincide with the release of a host of new tools.Facebook claims that more than...

Kochi: M Sivasankar, former principal secretary to Chief Minister, had directed his chartered accountant Venugopal to leave Kerala following the arrest of Swapna Suresh. The WhatsApp chat between Sivasankar and his chartered accountant revealed this fact. The duo expressed concern over the locker 10 days after Swapna’s arrest in the gold smuggling case, the chat history reveals. The chat history which was received by Mathrubhumi News also disclosed that Sivasankar appealed to Venugopal to leave Kerala in order to escape from media over the case. Swapna Suresh was arrested on July 11 over the controversial diplomatic baggage gold smuggling case. It is learnt that Swapna and Venugopal jointly managed the locker. Sivasankar and Venugopal talked about this locker during a chat through WhatsApp. Venugopal informed Sivasankar that the customs questioned him about the locker while chatting with him. Responding to him, Sivasankar expressed his concern over media reports which revealed that Venugopal told the probe team that he opened the locker with Swapna as directed by Sivasankar. The WhatsApp chat also revealed that someone had alerted him of the probe team investigating his financial transactions. The investigation agencies have used his WhatsApp chat history as the main tool to trap the IAS official. Only a few chat history has come to light now. Earlier, media has reported that Swapna Suresh and Venugopal opened a joint locker and funds received from Life Mission deal and gold smuggling was deposited in this. The WhatsApp chat also mentions Venugopal informing Sivasankar of media personnel camping in front of his house and that he managed to remain indoors. In reply, Sivasankar advised him to leave Kerala and recommended him to choose places like Nagercoil or a safe hideout. Read More

Dussehara or Vijayadashmi is here and just like any other festive season most people must have started searching for a way to send wishes to friends and family. In addition to emoticons, GIFs or regular text messages, you can also send Dussehra WhatsApp Stickers. Here’s our step-by-step guide on how to download Dussehra WhatsApp Stickers and share it with others. 1. Open WhatsApp on your smartphone and open any chat window 2. Tap on the 'Smiley' icon placed at the left corner of the typing area 3. Now, tap on the stickers icon placed next to the GIF button at the bottom of WhatsApp screen. 4. Hit '+' icon from the top-right of the Stickers section. 5. Scroll down to the end and tap on the 'Get more stickers.' 6. Search 'WhatsApp stickers for Dussehra' and download the one you like 7. After this, open the downloaded sticker pack and tap on Add to WhatsApp option 8. Once done, head back to WhatsApp and send the sticker For iPhone usersUnlike Android, Apple does not allow users to third-party WhatsApp sticker packs. However, iOS users can save any received sticker as favourite and share with others. You can simply use your secondary Android device or ask any Android smartphone user to follow above mentioned steps and share with you on WhatsApp. Read More

WhatsApp is arguably one of the most popular messaging apps in the world. In the past couple of days, reports have detailed features such as a calls feature on WhatsApp Web, a joined missed calls feature and an upgraded biometric lock feature on Android devices that will be making their way to WhatsApp in the coming days. Now, a new report details new features that will be available in the app soon.First in line is the Linked New Devices feature. WhatsApp, as per a report by WABetaInfo, has released a new user interface for WhatsApp Web and its desktop-based app. Up until now, when users clicked on WhatsApp Web/Desktop in the Settings, they used to see a QR code scanner on their screens that enabled them to scan the QR code on WhatsApp Web to access the messaging platform on a different device. Now the company has made changes to this user interface.The updated UI label shows “Use WhatsApp on other devices” which sits on top of the ‘Link a Device’ button. The blog site says that the Link a Device button will enable users to create new sessions using WhatsApp Web on other devices. This feature, however, will be available in the future.The company has also updated the user interface of the Storage Usage section of the app. Firstly, the section has been renamed as Storage and Data. It was previously called Data and Storage Usage. The older UI had the Media Auto-Download section on top. The new UI has it on the bottom of the screen. The company has also moved the Manage Storage Usage section on the top which gives way to the section wherein users can see the amount of storage space that they have used and the files that they can delete to free up...

Diaspora ReadsWith India signaling more internet to participate in the ‘Quad’, James Crabtree argues that if Joe Biden wins the US election, he should resurrect the Barack Obama-era ‘pivot to Asia’, with a few new features. “The problem is,” writes Melissa Conley Tyler, “that Biden may not have the political will or wherewithal to reverse the decline in US leadership in Asia.” Conley Tyler argues that a Biden presidency would be heavily absorbed with domestic concerns and may not have the support or werewithal to engage with Asia in a big way. “We’re seeing the ugliness of virtual Indian political discourse reach over the Atlantic, and it’s turning at least some Indian Americans far to the right,” writes Nitish Pahwa, in a piece looking at the arrival of the ‘IT Cell’ and ‘WhatsApp University’ in the US. Dixit Jain offers a functional guide to what Non-Resident Indians who have decided to move home for good need to be looking at when it comes to taxes.Many Asian members of the LGBTQ community struggle to find the right language to describe themselves and their experiences in their native tongues. Lakshmi Gandhi writes about this struggle, and how some are coping with it.The recent New Zealand elections, which saw Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern post a huge win, also saw a doctor from Himachal Pradesh make his way into Parliament. Why do the characters in A Suitable Boy, now on Netflix, sound so different from Indians who speak English today? Part of the answer is making it more accessible to a British audience. But Ankur Pathak also speak to the show’s dialect coach, Hetal Varia, about how Indian English sounded different in the 1950s. Tanvi Akhauri introduces us to Bhanu Kapil, the Indian-Origin poet shortlisted for the prestigious TS Eliot Prize. What you missed...

When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time.Invalid Email A paedophile HGV driver has escaped a jail term for sexually assaulting a ten-year-old girl and sending her WhatsApp messages calling her his “girlfriend”. Serial sex beast John Boyd referred to her “kissable” lips, called her “my gorgeous princess”, and said “I love you” over several weeks. The pervert then lured the youngster to a bedroom and kissed her open-mouthed while squeezing her buttocks. The 54-year-old was forced to flee his home in Prestonpans, East Lothian, after it was targeted by protestors in the wake of his guilty plea last month. Appearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday, Boyd was placed on a three-year community payback order with a supervision requirement. Sheriff John Mundy ordered him to attend a rehabilitation course for sex offenders. Earlier defence agent Jim Stephenson said Boyd had lost his job after being convicted and accepts “responsibility” for his offending. Boyd's home in Prestonpans, East Lothian, was boarded up after he fled following protests by locals The Daily Record and Sunday Mail have always been at the forefront when it comes to reporting crime in Scotland. But did you know all the ways you can stay informed of the top crime and courts headlines? Follow our brand new Twitter account @RecordCrime. Join our Scottish Crime and Courts Facebook page. Get our specialised Crime web alerts on your desktop by clicking 'Keep me updated' in the pop-up box whenever you click on to a Crime story on our website. We share live crime news as well as stories on historical cases,...