Ads in WhatsApp will be shown only in the app's Updates tab, which is used by as many as 1.5 billion people each day.

I talked with a professor of advertising to make sense of what this means for all of us who use those social media platforms.

More than a decade after it acquired WhatsApp, Meta will begin showing ads within the app.

The ads will be shown to users only within WhatsApp’s “Updates” tab to separate them from people’s personal conversations.

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Meta Platforms said it’s introducing paid advertising to WhatsApp, in a move that could expand its revenue streams.

For the first time since acquiring messaging platform WhatsApp in 2014, Meta is introducing advertising to the app.

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