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Islamic State terrorists used WhatsApp to plan the 2015 Paris attacks. UK officials called for access to WhatsApp and other encrypted messaging services to prevent future terror attacks after the 2017 Westminster attack, as the perpetrator used WhatsApp beforehand. The perpetrator of the 2017 Stockholm attack also used WhatsApp to communicate with an ISIS supporter before and after the attack. WhatsApp has also been used to spread malware and scams, tricking some users into downloading malicious apps. China has blocked WhatsApp since 2017 due to its ownership by Facebook, which is also blocked in China, and a veterinarian in Xinjiang was detained after police found the banned WhatsApp on his phone.

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Edit November 2015 Paris Attacks Amber Rudd Khalid Masood 2017 Westminster Attack

Islamic State terrorists used WhatsApp to plan the 2015 Paris attacks. UK officials called for access to WhatsApp and other encrypted messaging services to prevent future terror attacks after the 2017 Westminster attack, as the perpetrator used WhatsApp beforehand. The perpetrator of the 2017 Stockholm attack also used WhatsApp to communicate with an ISIS supporter before and after the attack. WhatsApp has also been used to spread malware and scams, tricking some users into downloading malicious apps. China has blocked WhatsApp since 2017 due to its ownership by Facebook, which is also blocked in China, and a veterinarian in Xinjiang was detained after police found the banned WhatsApp on his phone.

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errorism[edit]

In December 2015, it was reported that Islamic State terrorists had


been using WhatsApp to plot the November 2015 Paris attacks.
[198]
 ISIS also uses WhatsApp to traffic sex slaves.[199]
In March 2017, U.K. Home Secretary Amber Rudd said encryption
capabilities of messaging tools like WhatsApp are unacceptable, as
news reported that Khalid Masood used the application several
minutes before perpetrating the 2017 Westminster attack. Rudd
publicly called for police and intelligence agencies to be given access
to WhatsApp and other encrypted messaging services to prevent
future terror attacks.[200]
In April 2017, the perpetrator of the Stockholm attack reportedly used
WhatsApp to exchange messages with an ISIS supporter shortly
before and after the 2017 Stockholm attack. The messages involved
discussing how to make an explosive device and a confession of the
perpetration after the attack.[201]
Scams and malware[edit]
It has been asserted that WhatsApp is plagued by scams that invite
hackers to spread malicious viruses or malware.[202][203] In May 2016,
some WhatsApp users were reported to have been tricked into
downloading a third-party application called WhatsApp Gold, which
was part of a scam that infected the users' phones with malware.[204] A
message that promises to allow access to their WhatsApp friends'
conversations, or their contact lists, has become the most popular hit
against anyone who uses the application in Brazil. Since December
2016, more than 1.5 million people have clicked and lost money.[205]
Another application called GB Whatsapp is considered malicious
by cybersecurity firm Symantec because it usually performs some
unauthorized operations on end-user devices.[206]
Bans[edit]
China[edit]
WhatsApp is owned by Facebook, whose main social media service
has been blocked in China since 2009.[207] In September 2017, security
researchers reported to The New York Times that the WhatsApp
service had been completely blocked in China.[208]
According to Time, Sarsenbek Akaruli, 45, a veterinarian and trader
from Ili, Xinjiang, was arrested in Xinjiang on November 2, 2017. As
of November 2019, he is still in a detention camp. According to his
wife Gulnur Kosdaulet, Akaruli was put in the camp after police
found the banned messaging app WhatsApp on his cell phone.
Kosdaulet, a citizen of neighboring Kazakhstan, has traveled to
Xinjiang on four occasions to search for her husband but could not get
help from friends in the Communist Party of China. Kosdaulet said of
her friends, "Nobody wanted to risk being recorded on security
cameras talking to me in case they ended up in the camps
themselves."[209]
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