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WhatsApp Embedded Hidden Directives in AI Chatbot to Suppress Regulator Contact Guidance
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WhatsApp embedded hidden instructions in its support chatbot's help-page code that instructed the AI not to recommend data protection authorities to users unable to delete their accounts, contradicting the company's own privacy policy for Europe. The hidden directives were discovered in the page source code and removed by October 18, raising questions about chatbot training and governance around regulatory compliance messaging.
What to do
Audit all chatbot and AI agent instruction sets for hidden compliance-defeating directives and enforce transparent, auditable training data.
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