There are some crazy misconceptions out there about crime in NYC. Yes, crime has increased since the pandemic, but the city is still much safer than most of America 1/

📣 We're excited to announce a new feature rolling out later this year called Communities! With Communities, you'll be able to bring related groups together in a way that helps you organize meaningful connections easily and privately.

In 2011 we introduced Group Chats, and we haven't stopped improving since. In the coming weeks, we'll roll out the ability to share files up to 2GB and add more people to your groups so you can continue creating and nurturing meaningful, private connections.

We're now on WhatsApp! Chat with us over our new #ClimateAction messaging service and find out how you can #ActNow in your daily life to be part of the solution to the climate crisis. wa.me/12127389268?te…

Since you asked… ... all emoji Reactions are here! We’re feeling 🤩😎🙌🤸🎉💚 about it. Starting to roll out now to Android and iOS

Starting tomorrow, watch @Giannis_an34 in Naija Odyssey. An origin story of many origins. Told in his own words 🇳🇬 x 🇬🇷 Sept 21 on Prime Video

We exist to connect the world privately. We stand with the rights of people to access private messaging. We are not blocking Iranian numbers. We are working to keep our Iranian friends connected and will do anything within our technical capacity to keep our service up and running

The human right to privacy protects encryption. Individuals have the right to keep their communications private. Weakening encryption makes everyone less safe, and has a chilling effect on what people share online.  undocs.org/a/hrc/51/17  #GlobalEncryptionDay

Welcome to Communities 👋 Now admins can bring related groups together in one place to keep conversations organized. Organized. Private. Connected 🤝

Happy New Year! While many of us celebrated by texting our loved ones on WA, there are millions of people in Iran and elsewhere who continue to be denied the right to communicate freely and privately. So today we’re making it easier for anyone to connect to WA using a proxy.

We continue to fight for your right to communicate freely and privately. Now, when connecting to WhatsApp directly is not possible, you can stay connected around the world through a server set up by volunteers and organizations dedicated to helping others communicate freely.

A new tool to fight censorship.

This is a really important article from Darren Loucaides @Wired about Telegram. If you think Telegram is secure, you should read this article and understand the truth - especially before you use it for anything private. Some really important points:

To all women on International Women's Day, we believe in the importance of gender equity, and that all women deserve to feel safe in this world and especially on our platform — as we strive to #EmbraceEquity, we want to highlight features that keep you safe on WhatsApp:

There are places where privacy isn’t a given and people whose lives rely on having safe spaces to create and connect. Farbod Ardebili directed an entire film via WhatsApp to help tell the world about what's happening to women inside Iran. Watch @WCathcart’s chat with Farbod

WhatsApp's new short film features the Afghan women's soccer team, highlighting how encryption helped them coordinate their escape from the Taliban. 📸: Courtesy of Meta // 🔗wired.trib.al/yglhOHH

Sisters. Teammates. Survivors. “We Are Ayenda” tells the story of the Ayenda FC team as they coordinate their escape from Kabul through WhatsApp and battle for women’s rights, their privacy and safety in a modern world. Watch now on @primevideo: bit.ly/43W3ibn

Salish Wildlife Watch, a WhatsApp group chat, is making it easier for Seattle residents to see whales and, organizers hope, get motivated to learn about and protect the animals.