Late stage socialism: China fully blocks WhatsApp

This is an usual practice for the Chinese government - once a Western app or service becomes wildly popular, it usually, to get blocked in favor of a rivaling local alternative that is much more cooperative to collaborate with the authorities and openly disclose users' personal data with the government. Just recently, it became clear that Tencent's WeChat, one of the largest messaging services in China, will be openly complying to any requests giving authorities access to users' names, phone numbers, and even location, provided that they have opted in to input their credentials into the app.