**Hey, does everybody remember the “monopolistic” & “anti-competitive” WhatsApp blocking of Telegram links in 2015?**
No?
> Those link-blocks are a common tool at Facebook, which owns WhatsApp, although they’ve been controversial in the past. In 2010, Facebook faced criticism for blocking Pirate Bay links in the newly unveiled messaging system, after a long history of blocking similar apps on the News Feed. More recently, it drew criticism for blocking any mention of the social network Tsu.co, which pays users a percentage of its ad revenue for each post. But while those blocks are a regular occurrence within Facebook proper, this is the first major link-block we’ve seen from WhatsApp.
https://www.theverge.com/2015/11/30/9819460/whatsapp-telegram-link-block-copy-paste
https://alecmuffett.com/article/110377
#censorship #facebook #telegram #whatsapp
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