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WhatsApp has had a major update with the ability to bring multiple groups into a larger community, allowing for individual discussions to be had within groups but updates to be shared with ease across every group at once.
The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.Meta claim they have made the communities feature with neighborhoods and schools in mind; so, a school could have a parents, teachers, and students group, but updates could be sent to all groups within the community with just a touch of a button.
Admins of the community will be able to send announcements and have more control over the groups.
"With Communities, we're aiming to raise the bar for how organizations communicate with a level of privacy and security not found anywhere else. The alternatives available today require trusting apps or software companies with a copy of their messages – and we think they deserve the higher level of security provided by end-to-end encryption," WhatsApp said in a statement.
The feature is purely optional, so you can still keep your terrible memes away from the wider community – but should you want to join your local school district, we’re sure they’d love them too.
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