Meta announced on Monday, June 16, its plans to introduce targeted ads into its WhatsApp messaging service. The decision to place ads under the app's "Updates" tab is stirring concern among privacy advocates.

The company says personal messages will remain private, but critics warn the data used for ad targeting could still put user privacy at risk. Eleven years after purchasing WhatsApp, Meta is going full throttle with its plans to monetize the communication platform.

Meta is finally bringing ads on WhatsApp, eleven years after the social media giant acquired the platform, whose founders avoided advertising.