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The huge change puts WhatsApp at odds with the UK Government’s online safety bill

Meta, which owns messaging app WhatsApp, will allow users to lock and hide messages for intimate conversations. The move puts the popular messaging app and its owner Meta at odds with the Government’s safety bill.

The changes to the messaging app is in direct contrast with the Government’s will to strengthen protection online particularly for children. However, companies such as Meta warn that changes to the law to improve online safety could undermine the privacy of messages.

WhatsApp allows users to hide intimate conversations in huge change to messaging app announces Mark Zuckerberg