China Blocks WhatsApp

Re:China Blocks WhatsApp by ChuckMcM on Monday September 25, 2017 @02:41PM (#15332879)

This feels to me like the war on the Internet has entered a new phase.

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Re:China Blocks WhatsApp by badosu on Monday September 25, 2017 @02:46PM (#15332909)

Next step should be enabling censored services to citizens with 4-star+ social scores.

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Re:China Blocks WhatsApp by JigglyGigalo on Monday September 25, 2017 @04:03PM (#15333616)

No I expect it to be more like only the rich will be able to afford the data rate fees that will apply to any Inter-Zone communications.

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Re:China Blocks WhatsApp by stuffedBelly on Monday September 25, 2017 @02:54PM (#15332976)

reminds me of the 1st episode of the latest Black Mirror season.

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Re:China Blocks WhatsApp by spookyuser on Monday September 25, 2017 @03:01PM (#15333034)

It's like a really ugly combination of that episode and the waldo episode

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Re:China Blocks WhatsApp by r00fus on Monday September 25, 2017 @03:07PM (#15333090)

I think I made a prediction earlier on HN about balkanization of the Internet - I give it till 2025 until all major countries are in a process of complete segregation.

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