WhatsApp deactivates Kashimiri accounts after 4-month internet ban

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WhatsApp deactivates Kashimiri accounts after 4-month internet ban

Chat app WhatsApp has kicked out several users from Kashmir after four months of internet shutdown in the state, BuzzFeed News reports. In August, the Indian government scrapped Article 370 to remove the state from its autonomous stature. It also enforced an internet ban to maintain law and order.

On December 4, exactly four months after the shutdown, a lot of users from the region took to Twitter to report their WhatsApp accounts had been disabled.

After 4 months of total communication blackout, @WhatsApp is automatically deleting Kashmiris from groups.#Kashmir pic.twitter.com/GD1GXKNrX6

- Dr. Shahnawaz B. Kaloo (@DrKaloo) December 4, 2019

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We haven't used our family group chat since Aug5, but today it was heart wrenching & mildly tear jerking to see all my people 'leave' our group. Those who still have access to their familys' idiosyncrasies should consider themselves privileged. @WhatsApp I need answers! #Kashmir pic.twitter.com/WxTqw3EZZF

- Soprich (@soprich2) December 5, 2019

A WhatsApp spokesperson said in a statement that the company has a global policy of expiring accounts af



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