Turkey’s president drops WhatsApp after Facebook privacy changes
Changes to WhatsApp’s terms and services the come into effect on February 8
10 January 2021 - 23:54
Ankara — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s media office and the country’s defence ministry have announced they are quitting WhatsApp, joining a shift 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, on January 11, it said in messages to the groups. The defence ministry followed suit on Sunday. The switch coincides with Erdogan’s broader campaign against social-media platforms that activists say is meant to stifle dissent...
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