Apple has removed the Meta-owned end-to-end encrypted messaging app WhatsApp from its App Store in China following a government order citing national Meta-owned WhatsApp and Threads have been pulled from Apple’s App Store in China following a government order citing national security concerns, Reuters reports.
I thought WhatsApp was never allowed in china?
Access was banned by ISPs, but people were able to use it via VPN.
Is the reason known why they banned it or what they have to change to be allowed again?
It was banned on national security concerns, aka they don’t have any control over the apps. So I doubt there is anything they can do to get back. Telegram and Signal were among the apps removed too.