WhatsApp, The World's Most Blocked App

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WhatsApp is the most widely banned social media application in various countries. According to the 2016 Freedom on the Net report by Freedom House, the application founded by Jan Koum was banned in 12 out of 65 countries. Facebook ranked second, deemed illegal and blocked in eight countries. Twitter, Skype, and Instagram followed, each banned in seven countries.

One primary reason for blocking the messaging application WhatsApp is its end-to-end encryption feature. This feature ensures that all conversations, documents, photos, and videos sent via WhatsApp are inaccessible to anyone, including governments and police, except the intended recipient.

For example, the Brazilian government blocked WhatsApp because the company refused to decrypt data for drug trafficking investigations. Meanwhile, in Uganda, the application was banned during the presidential election to minimize mass mobilization.

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