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WhatsApp blames 'confusion, misreporting' for public outrage over privacy changes

By Jakub Krupa ( January 21, 2021, 04:06 GMT | Insight) -- WhatsApp has defended its privacy policy changes, blaming "inaccurate reports" for suggesting the messaging service would be sharing more data with its parent Facebook. "That just simply is not the case," the company's executive told UK lawmakers on Wednesday. "That just simply is not the case," the company's executive said, arguing that the update mostly concerns business interactions and will not affect people using the platform only for private communications.WhatsApp has defended its privacy policy changes, blaming "inaccurate reports" for suggesting the messaging service would be sharing more data with its parent Facebook. "That just simply is not the case," the company's executive told UK lawmakers on Wednesday....

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