2018 figures show that WhatsApp is the most commonly used communication software in most regions. (Internet)
Communication software WhatsApp recently set up a new mandatory privacy terms, forcing users to share information with Facebook, and require users to accept by February 8, otherwise they can no longer use WhatsApp, but the terms are accused of violating privacy, causing a large number of users dissatisfaction.
WhatsApp users in many parts of the world switched to other software, Turkey even appeared to delete WhatsApp wave, so that the local communication software BiP overnight explosion, a surge of more than a million users within 24 hours, even the Turkish President Erdogan also responded, the authorities later announced an investigation of WhatsApp and Facebook.
The 2018 figures show that WhatsApp is the most commonly used communication software in 133 countries or regions around the world, including the United Kingdom, France, India, Russia, etc., but the United States and Australia are more commonly used facebook messenger. while Hong Kong’s surrounding East Asia, Japan, South Korea and Thailand generally use Line and KakaoTalk, China is to WeChat Only Malaysia and Indonesia have more people using WhatsApp.
However, the “#DeleteWhatsapp” hashtag appeared on Twitter immediately after WhatsApp asked users to agree to new privacy terms, and this became more apparent after tesla founder Elon Musk called on his supporters to switch to Signal, another messaging App, with many people online urging people to switch to Signal or Telegram. The situation became more apparent after Elon Musk called on his supporters to switch to Signal, another communication software. Reuters reports that on Saturday and Sunday alone, 2.2 million people worldwide have downloaded Telegram and more than 100,000 have downloaded Signal.
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The trend of deleting WhatsApp in Turkey has led to the rise of the local software BiP, founded in 2013 and owned by Turkish communications company Turkcell, which provides text messaging, language and video conversation functions and is currently available in 192 countries with about 53 million users. BiP also offers a time-limited messaging feature that allows messages to be automatically deleted after a limited period of time, and an emergency alert feature that allows users to instantly notify friends and family of their location in case of distress.
Twitter recorded more than 100,000 posts tagged “#DeletingWhatsapp” in Turkey in a single day on Saturday, and there was a wave of BiP downloads in the region. In the 24 hours between Saturday and Sunday alone, the number of BiP users increased by 1.12 million. Erdogan has been dissatisfied with the “digital colonization” of China and the United States, so he also took the opportunity to announce the abandonment of WhatsApp, and from Monday to switch to BiP, calling on the nation to respond.
The Competition Commission said on Monday that it would investigate Whatsapp and parent company facebook for requiring people to agree to mandatory privacy terms, a statement said the commission ruled that the requirement to allow data collection should be suspended until the investigation is completed.
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India is another hot spot in the wave of WhatsApp deletions, with Signal rising to the top of the local app download charts on Sunday and even causing servers to “crash” due to the influx of Indian users. The National Confederation of Indian Traders (CAIT) urged the Indian government to issue a ban on WhatsApp and parent company Facebook, criticizing them for violating the privacy of more than 200 million Indian users and jeopardizing national security.
Despite WhatsApp’s announcement that the EU and the UK will not be affected by this privacy policy update, many people in Europe are still responding to the network’s call to stop using WhatsApp, and Signal was ranked No. 1 on the Apple App Store UK download list on Sunday. Many non-EU netizens also criticized WhatsApp double standard, just for fear of being fined by the EU and yielded.
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