With WhatsApp, communication between people has changed a lot. Whether it is because of digital innovation and progress or because it is so convenient and simple, using WhatsApp has changed the way we relate to each other.
There are more than 2 billion users of the application worldwide, and its algorithm records more than 100 billion messages a day
Security and anonymity
Although it appears that what happens on the Internet stays on the Internet, nothing could be further from the truth. A great deal of monitoring is done in the digital sphere in search of potential infractions, crimes, or inappropriate conversations that could raise an alarm in the highest levels of global security.
It has always been said that there are agencies responsible for monitoring network content and that certain words trigger alerts from these agencies in case there is some kind of evil ‘cooking’ in the digital spectrum.
It was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for the stratospheric figure of $21.8 billion
Accounts that sent mass messages to all of their contacts were blocked by the company. The application regarded them as advertising spam in many cases. They were always temporary roadblocks.
The same thing is happening now, and it is something that can be read in the ‘Terms of Service’ that appear in the application settings, but it is rarely read.
According to Zuckerberg’s platform, the messages must be “for lawful, authorized, and acceptable purposes,” implying that they are attempting to avoid conversations that incite hatred or discrimination through the messages.
WhatsApp announced features that I've been looking forward to. I can now:
🙈hide my “last seen” status from specific contacts
❌Block users from taking screenshots of “view once” messages
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Temporary blocks
The app also states that it does not control all conversations, though there are some words that WhatsApp does not permit. Terms like ‘pornography,’ ‘pedophilia,’ and others are monitored and may result in a penalty, as are terms that involve threats, defamation, intimidation, or incite hatred.
Many of the problems encountered by such users occur when their conversations are reported; it is at this point that the application acts and can temporarily block a number. This is not to say that there are no permanent blocks; they do exist and mean that the user will not be able to use the app with that phone number again.
