{"id":13154,"date":"2022-08-25T14:57:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T14:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/25\/how-india-runs-on-whatsapp\/"},"modified":"2022-08-25T14:57:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T14:57:27","slug":"how-india-runs-on-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/25\/how-india-runs-on-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"How India runs on WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you live in the US, chances are you\u2019ve at least heard of WhatsApp, the messaging app that Meta acquired in 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But if you live in other parts of the world, like India, the service is more than just an app for communicating with friends and family. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhatsApp in India is a way of life,\u201d said Rajeev Khera, founder of food tech business Chakki Peesing, which operates outside of New Delhi. <\/p>\n

Khera is one of the millions of Indians who run businesses mainly through WhatsApp. And it\u2019s not just businesses: roughly 400 million people in India use WhatsApp to keep in touch with relatives overseas, send money, access critical medical information, and more.<\/p>\n

WhatsApp\u2019s simple design helped make it a hit internationally, especially in countries where most people don\u2019t have iPhones to use iMessage or affordable cell phone plans to send SMS messages. When Meta bought WhatsApp eight years ago in a record $19 billion cash and stock deal, it was considered a risky bet. Today, even though it doesn\u2019t contribute much to Meta\u2019s bottom line, WhatsApp is arguably the company\u2019s most essential international product.<\/p>\n

At the same time, WhatsApp has struggled with some of the same misinformation problems that have plagued Facebook. But unlike Facebook, WhatsApp uses private, encrypted communication software that makes it harder for the company to moderate content. That problem is especially acute in India, where baseless rumors spread on the app have led to grave consequences. Recently, the Indian government has threatened to crack down on one of WhatsApp\u2019s most core values: user privacy, with regulators demanding a way for authorities to access people\u2019s messages when needed. Will Meta continue to keep WhatsApp messages private even as pressure ramps up? <\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to think about what it means to offer a service where people communicate their most private thoughts, most private messages, most private calls to the people they care about the most all around the world,\u201d said Will Cathcart, the current head of WhatsApp.<\/p>\n

We examine how WhatsApp became so powerful and the consequences of that power for the rest of Meta\u2019s apps in our sixth episode of the new season of Land of the Giants<\/em>, Vox Media Podcast Network\u2019s award-winning narrative podcast series about the most influential tech companies of our time. This season, Recode<\/em> and The Verge<\/em> have teamed up over the course of seven episodes to tell the story of Facebook\u2019s journey to becoming Meta, featuring interviews with current and former executives.<\/p>\n

Listen to the sixth episode of Land of the Giants: The Facebook \/ Meta Disruption<\/em>, and catch the first five episodes on Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Google Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, or wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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