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WhatsApp could show users ads in some parts of the app, according to the company's top executive. In a recent interview with a Brazilian publication, WhatsApp Head Will Cathcart confirmed that the messaging platform will not display ads in the main inbox or in chats, but advertisements might be shown in two other sections of the app. The revelation comes two months after the company denied a report that claimed WhatsApp was planning to show users ads to monetise the service.In an interview with…

WhatsApp head Will Cathcart has reportedly refused to undermine the messaging platform's end-to-end encryption – a feature that the Meta-owned company has promoted innumerable times in the past – risking the company’s business in the UK. By taking this stand, it has joined the rival app Signal in essentially "pushing back" the UK's demand of "lowering the security" of the messaging service.As per a report by BBC, Cathcart said the company will rather be blocked in the UK than to weaken the privacy of encrypted messages…