Ads in WhatsApp will be shown only in the app's Updates tab, which is used by as many as 1.5 billion people each day.

More than a decade after it acquired WhatsApp, Meta will begin showing ads within the app.

I talked with a professor of advertising to make sense of what this means for all of us who use those social media platforms.

After the tech giant announced it would begin to include ads in WhatsApp’s Updates tab, which is used by roughly 1.5 million ...

Meta has confirmed it will introduce ads to WhatsApp, ending a long-standing “no ads” policy and marking a major shift for ...

Meta is introducing ads to WhatsApp for the first time since acquiring the app for $19 billion in 2014, according to CNBC.

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The cofounders of WhatsApp resisted ads in the app for years, including after the company was acquired by Meta for $22 ...

The ads will appear in the Updates tab, which is accessed by up to 1.5 billion people daily. According to developers, no ...