Facebook delays controversial WhatsApp privacy changes
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WhatsApp has delayed the move until May so it has time to `clear up the misinformation.` What you need to know Facebook is delaying planned changes to its WhatsApp privacy policy. A move earlier this month was met with outcry after it emerged users would have to share data with Facebook to keep using the app. The changes have been delayed until May, but many millions of users have already taken to apps like Signal and Telegram. Facebook has delayed controversial changes to its WhatsApp privacy policy following a public outcry over the move. Earlier in January Facebook changed its policy so that users of WhatsApp will have to share their data with Facebook in order to keep using the service. WhatsApp tried to quell some fears a few days later following major public backlash over the move, highlighting messages would remain private and encrypted. In the face of rising opposition, however, Facebook has now delayed the move until May. From Android Central: WhatsApp`s planned ...