WhatsApp's clarifications fail to allay user fears, fact checkers say misinformation on company's privacy policy on the rise

Harish Bijoor, brand strategy expert and founder, Harish Bijoor Consults said India is a 'high stakes' market for WhatsApp. "WhatsApp's downloads from app stores have gone down dramatically as a result of the privacy policy update. WhatsApp is a medium that leads to a viral reach for messages. And suddenly, WhatsApp has become the butt of it all in terms of it being the viral message."

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