WhatsApp said ads will be targeted to users based on information like the user’s age, the country or city where they’re ...

The cofounders of WhatsApp resisted ads in the app for years, including after the company was acquired by Meta for $22 billion in 2014. Brian Acton and Jan Koum left the company in 2017 and 2018, ...

Meta announced that it is adding ads and subscriptions to its WhatsApp messaging app in a June 16 press release. The social media giant, primarily known as the parent company of Facebook, said that ...

As per Meta's Newsroom, advertisements will appear only in the "Updates" tab — a separate tab at the bottom of the app, which showcases both "Channels" and "Status" features. Users can subscribe to ...

The U.S. named Matthew and Brady Tkachuk, Auston Matthews, Jack Eichel, Quinn Hughes and Charlie McAvoy as its first six players for the 2026 Olympics, avoiding goaltenders on the initial roster ...

The ads will be shown to users only within WhatsApp’s “Updates” tab to separate them from people’s personal conversations.

Curtis said that when she first signed on as the spokesperson for Activia, “My agents and lawyers and many friends questioned ...

House GOP leaders have been urging senators to make only minimal changes to their legislation to hold together their ...

The new alpha feature, called Conversation Summary Add-ons, “dynamically integrates positive content from Reddit users directly below an advertiser’s creative, putting community conversations ...

The messaging app will place ads in the Updates tab, which is used by as many as 1.5 billion people, as it seeks to monetise ...

The addition of ads is a stunning reversal of one of its founding principles. The tech giant looks to wring more revenue from ...

The company says personal messages will remain private, but critics warn the data used for ad targeting could still put user privacy at risk.