While the app has long promised a privacy-first experience free from traditional ads, recent updates suggest that's changing, and changing fast.In a blog post published Monday, WhatsApp announced an expansion of its "Channels" discovery and business tools,

Send news tips to: [email protected] Betrayal or inevitability? Meta is putting ads in WhatsApp. More than a decade after it acquired WhatsApp, Meta will begin showing ads within the app. The move,

Ads will appear in the Updates tab, however chats and private messages will remain end-to-end encrypted and free from ads.