Meta has implemented new safety measures for WhatsApp users to combat scam activities. Enhancements include a safety overview for group requests, allowing users to exit groups silently and see relevant context before engaging. Meta also emphasizes the importance of providing context when initiating chats with unknown contacts. Furthermore, the company is actively fighting scam centers that exploit forced labor. In the first half of this year alone, WhatsApp has banned over 6.8 million accounts associated with these scam operations.
From there, you can exit the group without ever having to look at the chat. And if you think you might recognize the group after seeing the safety overview, you can choose to see the chat for more context. Regardless, notifications from the group will be silenced until you mark that you want to stay.
For example, we're exploring ways to caution you when you start a chat with someone not in your contacts by showing you additional context about who you're messaging so you can make an informed decision.
Meta says that scam centers are often operated by organized crime gangs, and use forced labor to initiate large-scale scam activity.
In the first six months of this year, as part of our ongoing proactive work to protect people from scams, WhatsApp detected and banned over 6.8 million accounts linked to scam centers. Based on our investigative insights into the latest enforcement efforts, we proactively detected and took down accounts before scam centers were able to operationalize them.
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