WhatsApp will turn off the messages options for those who will choose to ignore and wouldn’t accept the company’s newly updated terms and services which will be effective by the mid of May i.e. May 15th, according to TechCrunch.
The website stated that users who will choose to ignore of refuse to accept the instant-messaging application’s new terms and service by May 15 will be deprived of using the main feature of the application and no message will be sent or received from that particular WhatsApp account.
Accounts that are deactivated for a time span of around 120 days might get deleted, according to the website
According to the news from tech website, the application will carry on to permit the user who has yet to agree to the updated terms of service, to benefit from the call and notifications features for a little period of time once the deadline is over, which is perhaps “a few weeks”.
WhatsApp triggered a huge reaction and screams of concern when it made the announcement with its updated policy in January, according to which user information can be made public with Facebook. Masses all over the world changed to other substitute mobile apps such as Telegram and Signal