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Iranian authorities have lifted a ban on Meta's instant messaging platform WhatsApp and Google Play as a first step to scale back internet restrictions, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday.
Iran lifts ban on WhatsApp and Google Play, state media says. Story by Reuters. December 24, 2024 at 12:42 PM. ... Social media platforms were widely used in anti-government protests in Iran.
During the Mahsa Amini protests internet blackout, approximately 80% of all popular websites were promptly blocked, including Instagram, WhatsApp, Apple's App Store, Google's Play Store, and Skype. This came in addition to total internet blackouts across the country for hours per day.
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 ...
WhatsApp: whatsapp.com whatsapp.com Messaging Multilingual September 2017–present [24] Blocked Twitch: twitch.tv: twitch.tv: Streaming: English: 17 September 2018–present: Blocked [25] Roblox: roblox.com roblox.com Gaming Multilingual December 2021 – present Blocked (Chinese version currently deprecated) Equestria Daily equestriadaily.com ...
Cambodia now has its own version of WhatsApp. Critics fear it could be used for surveillance. Heather Chen, CNN. June 27, 2024 at 12:38 AM. Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg/Getty Images/File.
The ban is expected to apply to Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Snapchat, TikTok and X (formerly known as Twitter) while services used for health care and education such as Messenger Kids, WhatsApp, YouTube, Kids Helpline and Google Classroom are expected to be exempt.
Jehovah's Witnesses say that the motion to ban them was originally filed on 7 August 2013 [43] but was overturned after they voluntarily removed certain publications from the version of the site presented to Russian IP addresses. [44]