Algeria orders Meta to restrict WhatsApp accounts using foreign numbers amid concerns over cybercrime, identity theft and fraud.
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The restriction—first noticed late Sunday—does not affect text messaging but prevents the app’s heavily used voice and video features
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The Meta-owned platform, which uses end-to-end encryption, pushed back, warning that “false reports” like these may be used as pretext to block access
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Nigeria fined Meta Platforms $220 million for violating data protection and consumer rights laws by sharing user data without consent and abusing its market dominance.
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