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The Indian government had been asking WhatsApp to ensure user consent before being added to WhatsApp groups.
\"WhatsApp groups continue to connect family, friends, coworkers, classmates and more. As people turn to groups for important conversations, users have asked for more control over their experience,\" the Facebook-owned company said in a statement.
To enable it, users need to go to settings in their app, then tap Account > Privacy > Groups and select one of three options: “Nobody,” “My Contacts,” or “Everyone.” “Nobody” means users will have to approve joining every group to which they're invited, and “My Contacts” means only users people have in their address book can add them to groups.
In those cases, the person inviting users to a group will be prompted to send a private invite through an individual chat, giving them the choice of joining the group. Users will have three days to accept the invite before it expires.
\"With these new features, users will have more control over the group messages they receive,\" WhatsApp said.
With these new features, users will have more control over the group messages they receive, WhatsApp said. These new privacy settings will begin rolling out to some users starting today and will be available worldwide in the coming weeks to those using the latest version of WhatsApp.
The move assumes significance, especially ahead of elections in the country, as social media platforms are expected to play a major role in political campaigns to reach out to citizens in large numbers.
Under pressure to stop rumours and fake news, WhatsApp had last year restricted forwarding messages to five chats at once. So far, WhatsApp has resisted the government's demand for identifying message originators, arguing that such a move would undermine the end-to-end encryption and the private nature of the platform, creating potential for serious misuse.
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印度政府已经要求WhatsApp确保用户同意之前添加到WhatsApp组。
“WhatsApp团体继续联系家人,朋友,同事,同学和更多。随着人们转向用户组重要谈话,要求更多的控制他们的经验,“Facebook-owned公司在一份声明中说。
要启用它,用户需要去设置在他们的应用程序,然后点击帐户> >隐私团体并选择三个选项之一:“没有人”“我的联系人”,或“每一个人。”“没有人”意味着用户将不得不批准加入每一个小组,他们邀请,和“我的联系人”意味着只有用户人地址本可以将它们添加到组。
在这些情况下,邀请用户会提示发送私人邀请一组通过一个单独的聊天,让他们加入该组织的选择。用户将在到期之前三天接受邀请。
“与这些新功能,用户将会有更多的控制他们收到群消息,“WhatsApp说。
使用这些新功能,用户将会有更多的控制他们收到群消息,WhatsApp说。这些新的隐私设置将开始推出一些用户从今天开始,将在未来几周全球WhatsApp那些使用最新版本。
此举假定意义,特别是在该国大选前社会媒体平台将发挥重要作用在政治运动接触大量的公民。
停止谣言和虚假新闻的压力下,WhatsApp去年限制将消息转发给五个聊天。乐动扑克到目前为止,WhatsApp抵制政府的需求确定消息的发起者,认为此举将削弱端到端加密和私营性质的平台,创造潜在的严重的滥用。
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