Digital Intelligence Unit

Amid an increase in spam calls on WhatsApp, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has taken up the matter with Meta to come up with a solution to tackle the issue, according to people aware of the matter. The action from the government assumes significance amid a lot of complaints by users that they have started receiving spam calls from international numbers. Many also complained of getting messages for job offers and product advertisements etc. Most of the spam calls are coming from international phone numbers…