WhatsApp is getting ads using personal data from Instagram and Facebook

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by EFF Deeplinks / noyb / Access Now at 16 Jun 2025, 09:27 UTC

Forced Consent & Consent Bypass Meta announced today that it also wants to introduce ads on WhatsApp, which will be based on personal data from Facebook and Instagram. This further integrates WhatsApp into other Meta services - an originally independent app, which initially was available for just…