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Claiming: WhatsApp sending notifications to your contacts when you take their chat screen.
VErdicT: FALSE.
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Social media users claimed WhatsApp, the private message platform, will send a notification to others every time you take your chat screenshot.
“Until now, if I take a chat screen on WhatsApp, other people will be told,” the claim rang.
Integration of artificial intelligence on social platforms is sometimes equipped with new features. Like Metaai on WhatsApp, which adds new icons to the interface.
Social media users have declared various reactions to claims about taking screenshots on WhatsApp. The tone that underlies their reaction is related to privacy.
Data Privacy is one of the concerns about the AI system, including its use on social media platforms, both for making content by users or data collection by companies.
The real concerns above require the need to verify this claim.
VEriFICATION:
Riak Nigeria checks WhatsApp Website Privacy Page But it did not find an update about the new features that should be. The latest features launched by the message platform include personal writing assistance, summarizer private messages, among others, although some of these features are not yet available in many countries.
Taking screenshots, WhatsApp has a post in it Aid center: “To help protect user privacy, WhatsApp blocks users from taking a profile screenshots. This means that you cannot take screenshots from other people’s profile images, and they cannot save your profile screenshot.
“Blocking screenshots is upheld in the supported Android and iOS versions. This means that only users of this device are blocked from taking screenshots. You cannot deactivate this feature.”
Ripples Nigeria took a chat screen catch on WhatsApp but did not accept warnings as claimed.
We also reach WhatsApp via email about viral claims. WhatsApp’s Privacy Operation Response emphasizes platform commitment to privacy policies.
“It is important to remember that both WhatsApp and Meta cannot read your personal messages, or hear your calls with your friends, family, and coworkers on WhatsApp. Whatever you share, it remains between you. That is because your personal message is protected by end-to-end encryption. We will never weaken this security and we clearly give label to every chat so you know our commitment.
He added: “Please note, the use of the WhatsApp channel does not affect your WhatsApp personal message privacy, which continues to be encrypted in the end as described in the WhatsApp Privacy Policy.”
Conclusion
Viral claims that WhatsApp tells others when you take a misleading chat screen.
By: Quadri Yahya
