WhatsApp Details 3 New Privacy Features

The Meta-owned messaging app kicked off a global campaign in India, UK

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the wraps off three new privacy features for messaging application WhatsApp Tuesday.

Users can now leave a group chat privately, without notifying everyone in that chat—just the administrators. This feature will roll out to all users globally this month.

WhatsApp users can now choose who can and cannot see when they are online, giving them the option of checking their activity on WhatsApp privately. This feature is also rolling out globally to all users in August.

Finally, WhatsApp is adding screenshot blocking as an extra layer of protection for its View Once messages, currently testing this option with the goal of deploying it soon.

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