Whatsapp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger down in major outage
Social media platforms Whatsapp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger all went down in a major outage at around 1730 GMT on Friday, according to the tech monitoring...
The information regulator wrote to WhatsApp, raising issues about the changes that users face if they ignore Facebook's terms by the new deadline, the 15 May.
The regulator has written to the parent company, Facebook, regarding changes that could see also South African users being kicked off from WhatsApp.
Popular messaging service WhatsApp has been mired in controversy since it announced its new privacy policy.
WhatsApp canceled its 8 February deadline saying it would use the pause to clear up misinformation around privacy and security.
During a meeting on Wednesday, the regulator was provided with the recently revised WhatsApp privacy policy documents.
New terms sparked criticism as users outside Europe who do not accept the new conditions before 8 February will be cut off from the messaging app.
The popular messenger app has recently updated its privacy policy.
The surge in downloads comes after WhatsApp, which boasts over two billion users, introduced controversial changes to its privacy conditions that will allow it to share more data with its parent company Facebook.
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Many of the app's users have raised concerns and questions about what the updated policy meant for their personal data with rumours circulating that the mobile application will be sharing the personal data of its users with its parent company, Facebook.
People who will be impacted are the ones who don't have iOS 9 or above on their iPhone or Android 4.0.3 or above on their Android device.
The addition of a 'carts' feature lets people combine multiple items into a single ordered set via WhatsApp instead of tending to transactions separately, according to the service.
The messaging service which is used by more than two billion people globally said it would enable people to choose whether to keep their messages or allow them to delete themselves after seven days.
According to the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, the matter was reported to the relevant authorities.
WhatsApp gifting became an attractive option for many cash strapped citizens due to its low joining fees and promises of a quick return within days.
The modus operandi is that people will be paid out by other members of the group when it is their turn on the list.
WhatsApp users in Brazil can use the encrypted mobile messaging service to send money or make purchases, Facebook said in a blog post.
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