{"id":1443,"date":"2021-05-11T16:57:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T14:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/11\/what-happens-when-whatsapps-new-terms-start-on-15-may\/"},"modified":"2021-05-11T16:57:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T14:57:52","slug":"what-happens-when-whatsapps-new-terms-start-on-15-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/11\/what-happens-when-whatsapps-new-terms-start-on-15-may\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens when WhatsApp\u2019s new terms start on 15 May?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Messaging app will begin to turn off features until users agree to Facebook\u2019s updated terms of service<\/p>\n<p>If you have not agreed to WhatsApp\u2019s controversial new terms of service by 15 May, the app will begin to turn off features until you do, Facebook announced in an update to its FAQ page.<\/p>\n<p>At that point, the screen asking users to accept the terms of service set by Facebook, WhatsApp\u2019s parent company, will become permanent, with users needing to click through to directly use WhatsApp at all. Users will still be able to interact with the app in other ways for \u201ca few weeks\u201d, however, such as receiving calls, replying to messages, or responding to missed calls.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/may\/11\/what-happens-when-whatsapp-new-terms-start-on-15-may\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c7b74564904017e006d6f0d741b14edd36d0b4d0\/0_115_3500_2100\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=5a1b5b1296ea41eea2c8937884b8f066\" title=\"What happens when WhatsApp\u2019s new terms start on 15 May?\" \/>Messaging app will begin to turn off features until users agree to Facebook\u2019s updated terms of service<br \/>\nIf you have not agreed to WhatsApp\u2019s controversial new terms of service by 15 May, the app will begin to turn off features until you do, Facebook announced in an update to its FAQ page.<br \/>\nAt that point, the screen asking users to accept the terms of service set by Facebook, WhatsApp\u2019s parent company, will become permanent, with users needing to click through to directly use WhatsApp at all. Users will still be able to interact with the app in other ways for \u201ca few weeks\u201d, however, such as receiving calls, replying to messages, or responding to missed calls. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Messaging app will begin to turn off features until users agree to Facebook\u2019s updated terms of service If you have not agreed to WhatsApp\u2019s controversial new terms of service by 15 May, the app will begin to turn off features until you do, Facebook announced in an update to its FAQ page. At that point, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/11\/what-happens-when-whatsapps-new-terms-start-on-15-may\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What happens when WhatsApp\u2019s new terms start on 15 May?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}