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WhatsApp Hid Instructions in Help Pages Telling Its AI Chatbot Not to Recommend Privacy Regulators

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WhatsApp's support chatbot was instructed via hidden code not to recommend privacy regulators or data protection authorities to users unable to delete accounts, contradicting its European privacy policy. The hidden instructions were removed after discovery and attributed to a bug by WhatsApp.

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