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On 4 February 2021, access to Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram were restricted on multiple internet providers in Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. [52] Facebook's usual attempts of not following and challenging the local laws and government led to the current censorship block.
Online social networks, especially Facebook, are also monitored. Citizens returning home from living abroad have been questioned and detained due to the contents of their personal Facebook web pages. After protests outside Iran following the 2009 elections, such social media monitoring increased. [148]
WhatsApp: whatsapp.com whatsapp.com Messaging Multilingual September 2017–present [23] Blocked Twitch: twitch.tv: twitch.tv: Streaming: English: 17 September 2018–present: Blocked [24] Roblox: roblox.com roblox.com Gaming Multilingual December 2021 – present Blocked (Separate Chinese version exists) Steam Store: store.steampowered.com ...
In May 2012 security researchers noticed that new updates of WhatsApp sent messages with encryption, [40] [41] [42] but described the cryptographic method used as "broken." [43] [44] In August of the same year, the WhatsApp support staff stated that messages sent in the "latest version" of the WhatsApp software for iOS and Android (but not BlackBerry, Windows Phone, and Symbian) were encrypted ...
Telegram was a key platform for sharing information and coordinating rallies during the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests. [3] Telegram was one of few communication platforms available in Belarus during the three days of internet shutdown that followed the day of the presidential election, which Belarus's president Alexander Lukashenko won amid widespread allegations of election fraud. [4]
On 16 April 2021, various social media applications were banned. The Ministry of Interior ordered the PTA to restrict access of Pakistani users to Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, and Telegram. [53] It was issued to block these social media websites from 11:00 AM to 03:00 PM on Friday with an immediate effect.
The popular social networking website Facebook has about 8.5 million users in Vietnam and its user base has been growing quickly after the website added a Vietnamese-language interface. [15] During the week of November 16, 2009, Vietnamese Facebook users reported being unable to access the website. [16]
Originally the terms were used interchangeably but nowadays most radio users use the term "jamming" to describe the deliberate use of radio noise or signals in an attempt to disrupt communications (or prevent listening to broadcasts) whereas the term "interference" is used to describe unintentional forms of disruption (which are far more common).