Messaging apps blocked in fight against terrorism
Print Edition
CHINESE authorities say they have blocked messaging apps KakaoTalk and Line as part of efforts to fight terrorism, South Korea said yesterday, the first official explanation of service disruptions that began a month ago.
South Korea’s Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said China confirmed it had blocked “some foreign messaging applications through which terrorism-related information” was circulating. The others are Didi, Talk Box and Vower.
The ministry said it will continue negotiations with relevant Chinese counterparts to ensure service disruptions and inconvenience are resolved.
A spokeswoman at Kakao Corp, South Korean-based operator of KakaoTalk, said disruptions continued but declined to comment further. A spokesman for South Korea’s Naver Corp, parent of the Japanese-based subsidiary that operates Line, said it had been notified of the blockage but declined further comment.
China told South Korea that terrorist organizations were plotting or inciting attacks through mobile messaging apps and video websites, the South Korean ministry said.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
