{"id":1081,"date":"2025-06-16T16:42:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retrotradingreport.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/whatsapps-ad-free-days-are-over-as-meta-begins-monetization-push\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T16:42:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:42:59","slug":"whatsapps-ad-free-days-are-over-as-meta-begins-monetization-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retrotradingreport.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/whatsapps-ad-free-days-are-over-as-meta-begins-monetization-push\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp\u2019s ad-free days are over as Meta begins monetization push"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meta has officially announced plans to introduce advertisements to WhatsApp, nearly 11 years after acquiring the messaging platform in a $19 billion deal. <\/p>\n

The company announced that businesses will now be able to run “status ads” within the Updates tab of the app\u2014a space used by users to share disappearing content similar to Instagram Stories. <\/p>\n

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Today, <\/span>@WhatsApp<\/a> is introducing new features in the Updates tab (like channel subscriptions, promoted channels and ads in Status) without changing anything about your personal chats (they remain end to end encrypted). <\/p>\n

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