Citizens across Iran are being urged to stop utilizing the services of one of the country’s most popular messaging apps, WhatsApp, amid the growing conflict with Israel.
Iranian state television communicated concerns over how the app, owned by Meta, is being used to gather Iranians’ data and information to send to Israel. No evidence has been presented to support this claim.
WhatsApp, which was purchased by Facebook in 2014, is most commonly used to exchange messages overseas. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)
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WhatsApp is “concerned these false reports will be an excuse for our services to be blocked at a time when people need them the most,” according to a statement provided to the Associated Press.
The messaging app, which has over 2 billion users in over
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