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An interview with WhatsApp Product Director Alice Newton-Rex on end-to-end encryption, spotting misinformation, the UK's Online Safety Act, Telegram, and more

The messaging platform's director of product discusses privacy issues, AI and new features for the app's 2bn users X: @cristinacriddle , @gateklons , @aservais1 , and @1br0wn X: Cristina Criddle / @cristinacriddle : One of the most interesting things I discovered in my interview with @alicenewtonrex was how popular the status feature is on WhatsApp, which she describes as “the world's most used stories product” - but we dug into much more, full transcript here: https://www.ft.com/... @gateklons : “Click to WhatsApp ads is the more established business, with revenue in the billions. Paid messaging is a bit earlier in the journey, but it's also doing well and we've passed a $1bn run rate.” https://www.ft.com/... Alain Servais / @aservais1 : V long form interview-Alice Newton-Rex: ‘WhatsApp makes people feel confident to be themselves’. The messaging platform's director of product discusses privacy issues, AI and new features for the app's 2bn users. By @CristinaCriddle #PayWall https://www.ft.com/... via @ft Ian Brown / @1br0wn : #WhatsApp is building its (now 100m) US user base on the infamous “blue-green bubble” incompatibility between Android and iOS. I wonder how the introduction of #RCS to iMessage — and hopefully soon the addition of E2E encryption — will affect this 🤔 https://www.ft.com/...

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  • @cristinacriddle Cristina Criddle on x
    One of the most interesting things I discovered in my interview with @alicenewtonrex was how popular the status feature is on WhatsApp, which she describes as “the world's most used stories product” - but we dug into much more, full transcript here: https://www.ft.com/...
  • @gateklons @gateklons on x
    “Click to WhatsApp ads is the more established business, with revenue in the billions. Paid messaging is a bit earlier in the journey, but it's also doing well and we've passed a $1bn run rate.” https://www.ft.com/...
  • @aservais1 Alain Servais on x
    V long form interview-Alice Newton-Rex: ‘WhatsApp makes people feel confident to be themselves’. The messaging platform's director of product discusses privacy issues, AI and new features for the app's 2bn users. By @CristinaCriddle #PayWall https://www.ft.com/... via @ft
  • @1br0wn Ian Brown on x
    #WhatsApp is building its (now 100m) US user base on the infamous “blue-green bubble” incompatibility between Android and iOS. I wonder how the introduction of #RCS to iMessage — and hopefully soon the addition of E2E encryption — will affect this 🤔 https://www.ft.com/...