WhatsApp Focused on Values Like Security and Privacy to Help Users Communicate in Daily Life

WhatsApp Vice President Chris Daniels on Wednesday said the company is focussed on values like security and privacy to ensure that its product remains a utility that helps users communicate in everyday life. The Facebook-owned company, which has been asked by the Indian government to put in place a mechanism to clamp down fake messages on its platform, also announced its partnership with Invest India to help entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises expand their businesses. “…we keep the company focused on four values — simplicity, quality, security and privacy. Everything we do in the company focusses on those values and delivering that value to users and ensuring that our product remains a utility that they can use to communicate in everyday life,” Daniels said here.

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Out of WhatsApp user base of 1.3 billion people, more than 200 million people are in India — the single largest market for the popular messaging platform. The government has been pushing WhatsApp to find a technology solution to trace the origin of ‘sinister’ messages, a move that it believes can help curb horrific crimes like mob-lynching emanating from fake news.

WhatsApp, however, had rejected India’s demand for a solution to track the origin of messages on its platform, saying building traceability will undermine end-to-end encryption and affect privacy protection for users.

Emphasising that people use its platform for all kinds of “sensitive conversations“, the US-based firm had said it is focussing on educating people about misinformation. Speaking about the startup ecosystem in India, Daniels said companies like Ola, Flipkart, Zomato and MakeMyTrip are making a huge impact on the Indian economy.