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WhatsApp gets dumped by Turkish President Erdogan over privacy concerns
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Last Updated: Jan 10, 2021, 11:55 PM IST
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The presidency will move its WhatsApp groups to encrypted messaging app BiP, a unit of Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetler AS, on Jan. 11, it said in a message on Saturday to the groups. The switch coincides with Erdogan s broader campaign against social-media platforms that activists say is meant to stifle dissent.
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ISTANBUL: The media office of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is quitting WhatsApp, joining a global flight from the popular messaging app over new usage terms that have sparked privacy concerns.
The presidency will move its WhatsApp groups to encrypted messaging app BiP, a unit of Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetler AS, on Jan. 11, it said in a message on Saturday to the groups. The switch coincides with Erdogan s broader campaign against social-media platforms that activists say is meant to stifle dissent.
ISTANBUL (BLOOMBERG) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's media office and the country's defence ministry told journalists they're quitting WhatsApp, joining a global flight from the popular messaging app over new usage terms that have sparked privacy concerns.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
(Bloomberg) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s media office and the country’s defense ministry told journalists they’re quitting WhatsApp Inc., joining a global flight from the popular messaging app over new usage terms that have sparked privacy concerns. The presidency will move its WhatsApp groups to encrypted messaging app BiP, a unit of Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS, on Jan. 11, it said in messages to the groups. The Defense.
(Jan 10): The media office of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is quitting WhatsApp Inc, joining a global flight from the popular messaging app over new usage terms that have sparked privacy concerns.
The presidency will move its WhatsApp groups to encrypted messaging app BiP, a unit of Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetler AS, on Jan 11, it said in a message Saturday to the groups. The switch coincides with Erdogan’s broader campaign against social-media platforms that activists say is meant to stifle dissent.
Changes to WhatsApp’s terms and services effective Feb 8 will allow it to share data with parent company Facebook Inc. Users must agree to the new terms or lose access to their accounts at WhatsApp.