WhatsApp is rolling out ads, but Meta says 'personal messages, calls, and statuses are end-to-end encrypted and can't be used ...

They will appear in only one part of the Meta-owned messaging service, it said. The move is potentially lucrative, while ...

WhatsApp, owned by Meta Platforms, will introduce ads in the app's Updates tab, used by 1.5 billion people daily. The ads aim ...

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

By Adrienne Raphel Adrienne Raphel grew up in St. Johnsbury, Vt., and has read the personal ads in Seven Days since high school. Nov. 25, 2024 Katie Flagg moved to Vermont when she was 18 to ...

WhatsApp this week introduced advertising to its messaging platform, but your encrypted conversation threads in the Meta-owned app are off limits ...

And if the success of a couple of our readers is any indication, maybe personal ads are the way to go. In April, a Dallas Observer member reached out to us following a round of emails we sent ...

"She wanted company," Tammen said. After watching that, Tammen got an idea. Tammen posted a personal ad for the "lonely, widowed domestic goose," writing that Blossom wanted a "life partner for ...