Meta Launches Updated Scam Activity Alerts in WhatsApp – Yahoo Finance

Wed, Aug 6, 2025, 1:07 AM 2 min read In This Article: This story was originally published on Social Media Today. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Social Media Today newsletter. Meta has announced some new measures to protect WhatsApp users from scam activity, including improved insight into group requests, and updated alerts for individual chat requests. First off, on group messaging. WhatsApp’s rolling out a new safety overview that will be displayed when someone who’s not in your contacts adds you to a new WhatsApp group. As you can see in this example, you’ll now get an overview of the group’s info before you join, which will also include tips on how to avoid scam activity. As per WhatsApp: “From there, you can exit the group without ever having to look at the chat. And if you think you might recognize the group after seeing the safety overview, you can choose to see the chat for more context. Regardless, notifications from the group will be silenced until you mark that you want to stay.” The up-front alerts about potential scams could be a significant deterrent, prompting more people to think twice before joining such.
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