Overview

• Meta introduced the "Erweiterter Chat-Datenschutz" toggle in April to let users disable Meta AI in individual and group chats.
• Activating the switch prevents any participant from invoking Meta AI, blocks automatic media downloads and disables chat exports.
• In group chats every member can enable or disable the mode and all participants are notified when it’s toggled.
• Meta AI cannot be turned off globally and the blue circle indicator remains on the WhatsApp main screen.
• Despite the new settings users can still capture messages via screenshots or forwarding and Meta continues collecting metadata such as IP addresses and last online status.