STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Russia on Wednesday became the latest country to restrict some WhatsApp calls, accusing the Meta-owned platform of failing to share information in fraud and terrorism cases.

Here is a list of nations restricting WhatsApp:

FULLY BLOCKED

China started blocking WhatsApp in 2017, using its so-called Great Firewall to filter and block traffic with overseas servers. Chinese users rely on an alternative called WeChat.

WhatsApp is generally inaccessible in North Korea which has blocked Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other platforms since 2016. North Korea has one of the world’s most strictly controlled internet systems.

PARTIAL BLOCK

Russia started restricting WhatsApp from Wednesday. It had clashed with foreign tech platforms for several years over content and data stor

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