{"id":820,"date":"2023-10-24T03:58:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/whatsapp-message-service-hit-by-full-blockage-in-china\/"},"modified":"2024-05-25T17:57:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T09:57:15","slug":"whatsapp-message-service-hit-by-full-blockage-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/whatsapp-message-service-hit-by-full-blockage-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp Message Service Hit By Full Blockage in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The Chinese authorities appear to have severely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs?nationId=36\">disrupted the WhatsApp<\/a> messaging app in the latest step toward tighten censorship.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Chinese authorities appear to have severely disrupted the WhatsApp messaging app in the latest step toward tighten censorship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FgwduSGdVHzrDOvNRWsmRXu6aLTF?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"WeChat \u5716\u7247_20170926150200.jpg\" width=\"713\" height=\"441\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/whatsapp-message-service-hit-by-full-blockage-in-china\/#Photo_Youtube\" title=\"Photo: Youtube\">Photo: Youtube<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/whatsapp-message-service-hit-by-full-blockage-in-china\/#Photo_SCMP\" title=\"Photo: SCMP\">Photo: SCMP<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/whatsapp-message-service-hit-by-full-blockage-in-china\/#Photo_fundchatcom\" title=\"Photo: fundchat.com\">Photo: fundchat.com<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_Youtube\"><\/span>Photo: Youtube<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Users in mainland China have reported widespread service disruptions in recent days to the Facebook-owned service, which had previously malfunctioned in the country over the summer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FjaU-ZmyNBz_kiiuqaLjRInE0kKK?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"WeChat \u5716\u7247_20170926161208.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"494\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">WhatsApp News in internet Photo:Google<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Text messaging, voice calls and video calls appeared to be working again on Tuesday, although voice messages and photos were not going through. WhatsApp provides message encryption technology, systems unlikely to please the Chinese authorities, which closely monitor and restrict cyberspace through their \u201cGreat Firewall\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FvVpXUxR8bPP3vGlzKyvJjvwHc1J?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"SCMP.png\" width=\"589\" height=\"385.06053268765135\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_SCMP\"><\/span>Photo: SCMP<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>China has tightened online policing this year, enacting new rules that require tech companies to store user data inside the country as well as restrictions on what is permissible content.<\/p>\n<p>Websites such as Facebook, Twitter and a slew of foreign media have been blocked for years.<\/p>\n<p>The WhatsApp troubles emerged ahead of the Communist Party congress starting on October 18.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Frl9ew3xchM_gwqQaomCn71shEcO?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"fundchat.jpg\" width=\"866\" height=\"578\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_fundchatcom\"><\/span>Photo: fundchat.com<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">China usually steps up surveillance around major events.\u00a0 While the WeChat messaging app owned by China\u2019s Tencent company is more widely used on the mainland, many WhatsApp users complained about the disruptions.\u00a0Some noted it would make it difficult to work with clients abroad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFacebook, Twitter, Gmail, Viber were blocked before. Now even WhatsApp is blocked? Without good messaging tools, it will reduce the efficiency of the foreign trade industry,\u201d wrote one person on Weibo, China\u2019s equivalent of Twitter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI can live without the others [applications], but blocking WhatsApp is driving me crazy,\u201d said another internet user.\u00a0\u00a0 WhatsApp declined to comment.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlXXlKXBxtykYAuKbjvAxKMwIbVH?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"GIC.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"543.2937181663837\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chinese authorities appear to have severely disrupted the WhatsApp messaging app in the latest step toward tighten censorship. 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