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WIRED

WhatsApp Help Pages Leaked Hidden Instructions for a Meta Chatbot

Matt Burgess · October 19, 2026

Read on WIRED

“‘The stand-out thing here is the gap between what people are told vs LLMs,’ says Dan Saltman, the CEO and founder of Redact.dev.”

The Washington Post

To study in the U.S. under Trump, international students scrub their accounts

“The level of concern over political speech is new, said Dan Saltman, CEO and founder of Redact.dev. The company has been growing 15 percent month over month this year, including with users in East Asia, he said.”

Sammy Westfall · July 9, 2025

The Verge

How to delete your Twitter history

“Redact is a downloadable app for macOS, Windows, and Linux that deletes posts from an impressively wide variety of services.”

Barbara Krasnoff · August 29, 2023

Lifehacker

'Redact' Can Delete Your Posts From 28 Different Social Networks

“Redact, however, is a paid tool with support for deleting posts on 28 different services.”

Justin Pot · March 14, 2025

The Hill

International students look to cleanse social media amid new Trump visa policy

“Dan Saltman, CEO and founder of Redact.dev, says his company's trajectory has “greatly accelerated,” with 10 percent growth each month for the past few months.”

Lexi Lonas Cochran · July 24, 2025

The Times of India

WhatsApp Help pages leak company's hidden instructions titled 'WHAT NOT TO SAY' to users to Meta chatbot

“According to an analysis by privacy company Redact, the exposed instructions covered how the chatbot should respond to questions about account deletion, legal action, privacy regulations and accessibility.”

TOI Tech Desk · October 22, 2026

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Data Brokers are Selling Your Flight Information to CBP and ICE

Cites Redact's investigation into the airline-owned data broker selling flight data.

Paige Collings and Matthew Guariglia · July 9, 2025

TechCrunch

Threads may offer its own take on Fleets with a disappearing posts feature

“The only way to disappear X posts is via third-party services like TweetDeleter, TweetDelete, TweetEraser, Redact and others.”

Sarah Perez · August 13, 2024

The Hacker News

WhatsApp Hid Instructions in Help Pages Telling Its AI Chatbot Not to Recommend Privacy Regulators

“Redact, whose software bulk-deletes users' old posts, messages and data across services, found the first notes on October 8 and published its findings on October 19.”

October 20, 2026

India Today

Meta placed hidden instructions on WhatsApp support page for its AI chatbot

“As per a report from privacy firm Redact, Meta placed such instructions in the code of almost 80 pages on the WhatsApp website.”

Armaan Agarwal · October 20, 2026

Malwarebytes

WhatsApp's chatbot was given hidden instructions to not mention privacy regulators

“Privacy software company Redact discovered the hidden text on October 8.”

Pieter Arntz · October 21, 2026

la RepubblicaItalian

WhatsApp ha pubblicato per errore le istruzioni per controllare le risposte dell’IA

“È il passaggio più significativo di un’indagine pubblicata da Redact, azienda statunitense specializzata in strumenti per eliminare contenuti online.”

It is the most significant passage of an investigation published by Redact, a US company specializing in tools for deleting online content.

Giuditta Mosca · October 20, 2026

EstadãoBrazilian Portuguese

Meta vaza regras secretas para IA do WhatsApp

“A descoberta foi realizada pela Redact.dev, uma empresa focada em monitorar sites de grandes companhias.”

The discovery was made by Redact.dev, a company focused on monitoring the websites of large companies.

Felipe Vitor Vidal Neri · October 19, 2026

InfobaeSpanish

Un fallo expuso instrucciones secretas del chatbot de WhatsApp para evitar a reguladores de privacidad

“Dan Saltman, fundador de la empresa Redact, dijo que su equipo analiza de forma habitual los sitios y las políticas de privacidad de las grandes tecnológicas.”

Dan Saltman, founder of the company Redact, said his team routinely analyzes the websites and privacy policies of big tech companies.

Rafael Montoro · October 19, 2026

TechRadar

How to delete all your tweets on X

“We've opted for Redact, which allows you delete all tweets quickly and easily.”

Jasmine Mannan · March 20, 2025

Fortune

Think you deleted all your embarrassing old tweets? A bug is bringing them back for a wide swath of users

“I then ran Redact and deleted all my likes, my media and retweets.”

Chris Morris · May 22, 2023

Mashable

Twitter users report deleted tweets return, won't delete

“His account was left with 5 active tweets after using Redact, a service like TweetDelete that helps mass remove a users' own social media posts.”

Matt Binder · May 22, 2023

The Register

ICO fines Reddit £14.47M for letting kids slip past the gate

Cites Redact's reporting that Discord dropped Persona as an age-verification partner.

Connor Jones · February 24, 2026

ZDNET

Deleted tweets are reappearing for some Twitter users

“I then ran Redact and deleted all my likes, my media, and retweets. 38k tweets gone.”

Steven Vaughan-Nichols · May 17, 2023

Newsweek

DeviantArt Faces Backlash After Announcing New AI Art Tool

“BEFORE YOU DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT, if you planned to do so, I suggest you use Redact to mass delete your posts.”

November 11, 2022

TechRepublic

Google Faces Gmail Lawsuit Over Hidden AI Training Settings

Credits Redact's research as “security experts” on Google's privacy controls.

January 6, 2026

Social Media Today

LinkedIn ID verification partner Persona under fire for security concerns

“According to Redact.dev, Discord has now ended its trial of Persona as an ID verification partner in response to the concern.”

Andrew Hutchinson · February 24, 2026

9to5Mac

Twitter bug sees deleted tweets resurrected for some users

“I then ran Redact and deleted all my likes, my media and retweets.”

May 22, 2023

Proton VPN

Proton VPN end of year report 2025

Cites Redact's reporting on the Discord message scrape.

Douglas Crawford

Daily Mail

Deleted tweets revived by Twitter glitch, warn security experts and tech reporters

“Morrell told followers that he had used the digital deletion tool Redact, which helps users clean up and remove posts from multiple social media sites beyond Twitter.”

Matthew Phelan · May 23, 2023

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