Ads in WhatsApp will be shown only in the app's Updates tab, which is used by as many as 1.5 billion people each day.

I talked with a professor of advertising to make sense of what this means for all of us who use those social media platforms.

After the tech giant announced it would begin to include ads in WhatsApp’s Updates tab, which is used by roughly 1.5 million ...

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Meta has confirmed it will introduce ads to WhatsApp, ending a long-standing “no ads” policy and marking a major shift for ...

Meta Platforms’ latest move to monetize WhatsApp could add billions to its revenue over time, according to a new note from Morgan Stanley.

WhatsApp recently confirmed that advertising is gradually rolling out to a significant portion of its users. According to a ...

End-to-end encryption is still guaranteed, and Meta also said that if users only use the app to call or message their ...

Koum’s ‘no-ads’ approach is about to be dumped by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the social media app’s owner. This should be fine, unless Meta AI slyly turns promotional.

WhatsApp has started showing sponsored stories inside its Updates tab, the home of Status and Channels. Meta explained in ...