With change in rules, fears of corporate domination loom over Indians

Corporates have warned against the use of WhatsApp for company work.

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Indian corporates | Corporate growth | whatsapp

Surajeet Das Gupta  |  New Delhi 

The fear of corporate domination, real or perceived, is growing as Indians fear it signals an onslaught on their livelihoods, data privacy, and competition, a fear magnified by Facebook’s recent announcement that WhatsApp will be integrated with Instagram and its other products. Corporates have warned against the use of WhatsApp for company work.

Some individual users in India are worried that the integration will mean that even more of their personal data will be tapped for commercial gain and are switching to other messaging apps. After all, the figures are huge. WhatsApp has ...

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First Published: Wed, January 13 2021. 06:15 IST
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