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WhatsApp to switch off messages for all who reject new terms – Yahoo News Australia
The company lays out what will happen to users who do not accept its updated conditions.
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WhatsApp users who do not accept its updated terms and conditions by the 15 May deadline will be unable to receive or send messages until they do so.
Their account will be listed as “inactive”. And inactive accounts can be deleted after 120 days.
Calls and notifications will still function for “a short while” but, TechCrunch reported, probably only a “few weeks”.
WhatsApp announced the update in January.
And there was a backlash among many users…
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