WhatsApp is finally going after outside firms that are abusing its platform

WhatsApphas so far relied on past dealings with bad players within its platform to ramp up its efforts to curtail spam and other automated behavior. The Facebook -owned giant has now announced an additional step it plans to take beginning later this year to improve the health of its messaging service: going after those whose mischievous activities can’t be traced within its platform.
The messaging platform, used by more than 1.5 billion users, confirmed on Tuesday that starting Decemb