Whatsapp to curb fake news and spam texts without compromising user privacy

Messages are wiped out of WhatsApp as it does not store data on cloud servers

While India grapples with a booming digital market and increasing data security concerns, messaging app WhatsApp wants to ensure bare minimum access to user data to prevent misuse. The messaging app, like its parent company Facebook, has been accused of misusing as well as allowing fake news and spam messages to proliferate unchecked data globally. 

"The traditional way to filter spam messages would be to check the messages on the server (for keywords) but since the data is encrypted, we cannot see the messages. That said, we have a dedicated spam team to help identify such accounts (that send bulk