WhatsApp chatbot was told not to recommend privacy regulators
Redact found the hidden text on October 8 across 80 help pages, including account-deletion guidance.
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Redact found the hidden text on October 8 across 80 help pages, including account-deletion guidance.

Redact counted 102 hidden blocks on 80 pages; Meta called it a bug and removed them by October 18.

Hidden notes told WhatsApp’s support bot not to name data-protection authorities or GDPR after a lawyer was mentioned.
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