New Delhi: Companies in India claiming that they can help people send bulk messages on WhatsApp must cease operations, the Facebook-owned messaging app warned on Thursday. WhatsApp said it had sent cease and desist letters to companies claiming to offer such services. "We ban approximately two million accounts for such abuse and have sent cease and desist letters to companies claiming to offer such services," the spokesperson added. We work with providers to ban third-party apps that claim to provide unauthorised services for our platform," said the WhatsApp spokesperson. "In addition, when we see companies claiming they can send bulk messages on WhatsApp, we demand they cease operations and reserve all rights available to us under applicable law," the company added.

Source: Mint May 16, 2019 11:37 UTC