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Iran asks its people to delete WhatsApp from their devices


Iranian state television on Tuesday afternoon urged the country’s public to remove the messaging app WhatsApp from their smart phones, alleging without offering any evidence the app gathered user information to send to Israel.

Iranian state television on Tuesday afternoon urged the country’s public to remove the messaging platform WhatsApp from their smartphones, alleging the app — without offering specific evidence — gathered user information to send to Israel. WhatsApp is owned by Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. It banned WhatsApp and Google Play in 2022 during mass protests against the government over the death of a woman held by the country’s morality police.

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