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WhatsApp Media API — Platform Terms and Developer Obligations
Developers using the WhatsApp Media API agree to Meta's platform policies as a condition of API access. Those policies constrain how media can be processed, stored, and shared — with immediate revocation as the enforcement mechanism. Understanding these constraints is part of responsible API use.
Data Privacy & GDPRMedia Storage and the Right to Erasure
the WhatsApp AI agent downloads WhatsApp voice notes, stores them temporarily as files, transcribes them, and then stores the transcripts in the database. GDPR gives users the right to erasure of their data. Cascading deletion from the database record through to backup systems is harder than it looks.
AI Governance & RegulationAI-Generated Audio — Disclosure, Consent, and Deepfakes
Kokoro TTS generates voice audio that sounds human. The legal status of that audio — whether it requires disclosure, whether consent is required to receive it, and whether it can be regulated as a deepfake — is actively being determined across multiple jurisdictions.