Meta says not planning ads on WhatsApp

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WhatsApp commence l'année 2021 de la pire des manières. La polémique autour de ses nouvelles conditions générales d’utilisations a poussé de nombreux utilisateurs à migrer vers d’autres applications de messagerie comme Signal ou Telegram. Ces derniers n’ont sans doute pas appréci ... Show More

Meta’s most expensive acquisition ever and one of the most used communication apps in the world: WhatsApp. With over 2 billion users, WhatsApp is embedded in the social, economic, and political infrastructure of countries across the globe. For better and worse. The story of Whats ... Show More

Texte:<br>L'application de messagerie Whatsapp vient d'annoncer qu'elle reportait son projet de changer sa politique de partage de données après d'importantes réactions négatives.<br><br>Traduction:<br>The messaging app WhatsApp has just announced that it will postpone planned ch ... Show More

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