Re:Indian govt spamming its citizens through WhatsApp
by kobiguru on Sunday March 17, 2024 @02:22PM
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WhatsApp marketing firm are dim a dozen who will help send messages via API. It's banks, food delivery, shipping companies... All send unsolicited WhatsApp messages and i think the government just uses one of the marketing agencies for it. Also, it's not against the meta rules as they aren't promoting any party but government communication.
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Re:Indian govt spamming its citizens through WhatsApp
by cvrajeesh on Sunday March 17, 2024 @02:35PM
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According to some stats, India has 487 million WA users. Sending these many messages from a single account should have raised a red flag.
I can understand the sending of mass messages in a national emergency, but this one is for political gain.