Previously, in July, China has banned transmission of photos and videos over WhatsApp and now it is expected Chineses government might block WhatsApp in the country.
A Symbolic Software, a Parris-based research firm, has monitored the situation of chatting app in China and revealed that the nation pulverized the transmission of text-based messages.
It is possible that few people can be able to send and receive messages but maximum of people are not been able to use this feature properly since Monday.
According to Symbolic Software’s Nadim Kobeissi, the Chinese government may take little bit more time to understand the configuration of its infamous firewall for the detection of the heavily encrypted protocol used by WhatsApp for transmission of text messages.
Since their efforts are getting some good results, which shows that they have the ability to take on any similar secure protocols. End-to-end encryption may be a cause of country’s step of taking down WhatsApp. However, China is known to be a country having more inflexible internet restrictions.
As it is ramping up its effort in the preparation of 19th Communist Party congress this fall, where the government will choose its new leaders. By blocking WhatsApp in the country.
China is most likely to suggest some of the new alternatives such as WeChat, which provides all of the personal data of its users to the government.
However, Facebook doesn’t find it right to give its opinion on the matter, which shows that it is a huge setback to the social media. Previously, China blocks main website and app of Facebook in the country and now WhatsApp is going to get a ban.