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[ad_1] WhatsApp, a messaging platform owned by Meta, is reportedly gearing up to facilitate third-party messaging apps on its platform, anticipating the enforcement of the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) by March.In an interview with Wired, Dick Brouwer, an engineering director at WhatsApp, stated that the company is prepared to offer interoperability on its platform, catering to its over 2 billion users. Privacy, Security, and InteroperabilityBrouwer highlighted the challenge of balancing the provision of interoperability for third parties while maintaining WhatsApp's standards of privacy, security, and integrity. He expressed contentment with the current approach, stating, "I think we're pretty happy with where we've landed." The EU incorporated messaging interoperability i...

[ad_1] X-owner Elon Musk said that he had gutted the platform's team dedicated to preserving election integrity as key votes in many countries are approaching."Oh you mean the 'Election Integrity' Team that was undermining election integrity? Yeah, they're gone," Musk wrote in a post on Wednesday, in response to a report in The Information. The online outlet said that X, formerly known as Twitter, was cutting half of its global team dedicated to monitoring and limiting disinformation and fraud around major elections. There are more than 50 major elections expected around the world next year, including the US presidential election, but also in India, Africa and the European Union.The cut came just after X was found by EU regulators to have the biggest proportion of disinformation of majo...

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in huge move, WhatsApp set to introduce third-party chat integration